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- Abraham in Gerar
2. אבימלך .2 _'ǎbı̂ymelek_, Abimelekh, “father of the
king.”
7. נביא _nābı̂y'_ “prophet,” he who speaks by God, of God,
and to God, who declares to people not merely things futu...
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CHAPTER 20 ABRAHAM IN GERAR
_ 1. Abraham in Gerar (Genesis 20:1)_
2. Second denial of Sarah (Genesis 20:2)
3. God's dealing with Abimelech (Genesis 20:3)
4. Abimelech and Abraham ...
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GENESIS 20. ABRAHAM PASSES OFF SARAH AS HIS SISTER AT GERAR. The first
complete narrative from E. The writer uses Elohim, but P's
characteristics are absent. Phraseology as well as the use of Elohim
i...
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SAWEST THOU. hadst thou seen....
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_What sawest thou_ i.e. "what hadst thou in view?" An unusual use of
the verb "to see." Cf. Psalms 66:18, "if I regard (lit. -see")
iniquity in my heart." Some scholars prefer, by a slight alteration...
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AND ABIMELECH SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, &C.— Continuing his discourse to
him, he desires to know what he had observed either in him or his
people, which gave him any reason to conclude that they were given u...
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PART THIRTY-THREE
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: SOJOURN IN THE NEGEB
(Genesis 20:1 to Genesis 21:34)
1. _Abraham and Abimelech_ (Genesis 20:1-18)
1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the
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_AND ABIMELECH SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, WHAT SAWEST THOU, THAT THOU HAST
DONE THIS THING?_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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ABRAHAM AT GERAR
1. Abraham leaves Mamre (Hebron) for Gerar, SW. of Philistia. It seems
from Genesis 21:34 that he remained in that district for some years....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 20
ABIMELECH TAKES SARAH
V1 Abraham travelled away from the big trees at Mamre. He went toward
the region that is called the Negeb. He lived betw...
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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל
־אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה...
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ABRAHAM AGAIN DENIES HIS WIFE
Genesis 20:1
It is wonderful that Abraham should fall like this. He had walked with
God for so many years, and experienced so many deliverances, that we
should have expe...
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Once again we have to face Abraham's deflection from faith. We see him
journeying south to Gerar. This was the center of a race of men who,
having driven out the original possessors of the land, were...
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WHEN ABRAHAM FAILED TO TRUST GOD
A book that only claimed to be from God would not record the failings
of a great man like Abraham. since the Bible is from God, it tells us
of a second time Abraham fa...
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And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but
not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
This was the case. See Genesis 11:29...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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10._What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing _? By this
question the king provides against the future. He thinks that Abraham
had not practiced this dissimulation inconsiderately; and, since Go...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21.
In Chapter s 20, 21 we have the question of the heir and of the path
of faith in another point of view. Abraham denies his relationship
with his wi...
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AND ABIMELECH SAID UNTO ABRAHAM,.... Continuing his discourse with
him:
WHAT SAWEST THOU, THAT THOU HAST DONE THIS THING? he desires to know
what he had observed, either in him or his people, that ga...
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_And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast
done this thing?_
Ver. 10. _What sawest thou?_] He hath not yet done, but further
expostulateth the injury, and setteth on the repro...
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1 Abraham soiourneth at Gerar,
2 denieth his wife, and loseth her.
3 Abimelech is reproued for her in a dreame.
9 He rebuketh Abraham,
14 restoreth Sarah,
16 and reprooueth her.
17 Hee is healed...
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done
this thing? He wanted to know what Abraham had had before his eyes,
what object he had had in acting as he did....
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Abimelech Reproves Abraham...
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EIGHTH SECTION
_Abraham and Abimelech of Gerar. His and Sarah’s renewed exposure
through his human, calculating prudence, as formerly in Egypt before
Pharaoh. The Divine preservation. Abraham’s inter...
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ABRAHAM EXPOSED AND REPROVED
Now we return to Abraham's history. He journeyed toward the south,
which is typical of pleasant circumstances, but nearly always having
danger in it. He dwelt between Kade...
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9-13 See here much to blame, even in the father of the faithful. Mark
his distrust of God, his undue care about life, his intent to deceive.
He also threw temptation in the way of others, caused affl...
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What levity or miscarriage didst thou discern in us which moved thee
to deal thus with us?...
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We have two distinct points in this chapter: first, the moral
degradation to which the child of God sometimes subjects himself, in
the view of the world; and, secondly, the moral dignity which _
alway...
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Genesis 20:10 Abimelech H40 said H559 (H8799) Abraham H85 What H4100
view H7200 (H8804) done H6213 ...
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ABRAHAM AND ABIMELECH (GENESIS 20:1).
Genesis 20:1
‘And Abraham journeyed from there towards the land of the South, and
dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar.'
He had been establ...
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CONTENTS: Abraham's lapse at Gerar. Lying to Abimelech about his wife.
CHARACTERS: Abraham, Sarah, Abimelech.
CONCLUSION: Sin has many tools but a lie is a handle that fits them
all. If the truth is...
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Genesis 20:1 , _Gerar,_ in the tribe of Simeon, then a royal
residence. Abimelech was the common name of the kings that reigned
there.
Genesis 20:2. _She is my sister._ It is not said whether Sarah wa...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 20:1 King Abimelech takes Sarah into his
harem, which seems to put at risk God’s promise that Sarah will bear
Abraham a son.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 20:8. Servants.] Court officers—his counsellors. (1 Kings
1:2; 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Kings 6:8.)...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 20:1
AND ABRAHAM JOURNEYED (_vide_ Genesis 12:9) FROM THENCE. Mamre
(Genesis 18:1). In search of pasture, as on a previous occasion
(Keil);
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Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelled
between Kadesh and Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar (Genesis 20:1).
So Abraham was living in the area of Hebron, but now he is still s...
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Genesis 20:10...
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What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing — What reason hadst
thou to think, that if we had known her to be thy wife, thou wouldst
have been exposed to any danger by it?...
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GENESIS 21:32; GENESIS 21:34 — Did the Bible mistakenly place the
Philistines in Palestine at the time of Abraham?
PROBLEM: The earliest allusion to Philistines by Palestinian or
Egyptian sources is...