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Verse Genesis 20:18. _FOR THE LORD HAD FAST CLOSED UP ALL THE WOMBS_]
Probably by means of some _disease_ with which he had smitten them,
hence it is said _they were healed_ at Abraham's intercession;...
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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 (Genesis 20:8)
N...
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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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_For the Lord_ An editorial addition, explanatory of Genesis 20:17.
"Jehovah" is here used for the only time in this narrative....
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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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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 betwe...
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כִּֽי ־עָצֹ֤ר עָצַר֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּעַ֥ד
כָּל ־רֶ֖חֶם לְ בֵ֣ית אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ
עַל ־דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרָ֖ה אֵ֥שֶׁת...
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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 f...
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For the LORD (p) had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
(p) Had taken away from them the gift of conceiving....
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REFLECTIONS
READER! let not the greatness of Abraham's character tempt you to
overlook Abraham's infirmity. Alas! what is man in his highest
attainments! Had not the Patriarch lost sight that Jehovah...
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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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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 w...
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FOR THE LORD HAD FAST CLOSED UP ALL THE WOMBS OF THE HOUSE OF
ABIMELECH,.... With large tumours probably, so that they could not
cohabit with their husbands and conceive; nor could those that had
conc...
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For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Ver. 18. _For the Lord had fast closed up all, &c._] _In quibus
peccamus, in iisdem plectimur...
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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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The Plague Removed from Abimelech...
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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 Kad...
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14-18 We often trouble ourselves, and even are led into temptation and
sin, by groundless suspicions; and find the fear of God where we
expected it not. Agreements to deceive generally end in shame an...
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This phrase elsewhere notes barrenness, as 1 SAMUEL 1:5,6, and so many
understand it here. Against which some learned men object that that
could not so soon be discovered, for all this happened betwee...
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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 20:18 LORD H3068 up H6113 (H8800) H6113 (H8804) wombs H7358
house H1004 Abimelech H40 because H1697 Sarah H8283 Abrahams H85 wife
H802
Genesis 20:7, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 16:2,...
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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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_So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech_
AN EFFICACIOUS INTERESTING PRAYER
Abraham’s prayer for the doomed cities was not granted, but his
prayer for Abimelech was answered in full.
“...
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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 20:17. God healed Abimelech.] This may explain in what sense
he was on the point of dying (Genesis 20:3), that he was to be
considered dead, as regards progeny. _His wife, i.e...
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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); or in consequence of the hostility of hi...
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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...
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Genesis 20:7 Genesis 12:17 Genesis 16:2 Genesis 30:2 1 Samuel 1:6 1
Samuel 5:10...
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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...