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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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I ALSO WITHHELD. Divine intervention needed. Compare Genesis 20:2.
Note the emphatic pronouns. See App-23.
SINNING. See App-44.
TOUCH. Here is the Hebrew word _naga_. touch, used in. clear
understan...
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_from sinning against me_ The violation of moral law is sin against
God.
_suffered I thee not_ The explanation of this sentence is supplied in
Genesis 20:17....
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I ALSO WITHHELD THEE— It is not from God that there is sin, but it
is from him that there is not more sin, either by his influence on
men's minds, checking their inclination to sin, or by his providen...
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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 GOD SAID UNTO HIM IN A DREAM, YEA, I KNOW THAT THOU DIDST THIS IN
THE INTEGRITY OF THY HEART; FOR I ALSO WITHHELD THEE FROM SINNING
AGAINST ME: THEREFORE SUFFERED I THEE NOT TO TOUCH HER._
No JF...
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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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וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ אֵלָ֨יו הָֽ אֱלֹהִ֜ים בַּ
חֲלֹ֗ם גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֤י יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙
כִּ֤י בְ תָם ־לְבָבְךָ֙...
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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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And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in
the integrity of thy heart; for I also (g) withheld thee from sinning
against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
(g)...
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_Sincere heart, abhorring adultery, but not altogether innocent.
(Menochius)_...
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Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not,
know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are...
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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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6._Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart_. We
infer from this answer of God, (as I have lately remarked,) that
Abimelech did not testify falsely concerning his own integrity....
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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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AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM IN A DREAM,.... The same dream continued:
YEA, or "also"
I KNOW THAT THOU DIDST THIS IN THE INTEGRITY OF THY HEART; not only
thou knowest, but I, who know all things, know and...
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And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in
the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning
against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Ver. 6....
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_I withheld thee_, &c. It is God that restrains men from doing the ill
they would do; it is not from him that there is sin, but it is from
him that there is not more sin, either by his influence on me...
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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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Sarah Again in Danger...
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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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1-8 Crooked policy will not prosper: it brings ourselves and others
into danger. God gives Abimelech notice of his danger of sin, and his
danger of death for his sin. Every wilful sinner is a dead man...
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I KNOW that thou didst not this knowingly and maliciously, but
imprudently and inconsiderately, which is indeed an extenuation of thy
sin, though not a total excuse. Compare 1 KINGS 9:4 1 CHRONICLES 2...
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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 20:6 God H430 said H559 (H8799) dream H2472 Yes H1571 know
H3045 (H8804) did H6213 (H8804) integrity H8537 heart H3824 withheld
H2820 (H8799) sinning H2398 (H8800) let H5414 (H8804) touch H506...
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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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_And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister_
ABRAHAM’S REPETITION OF HIS OLD FAULT; THE POWER OF FORMER
TEMPTATIONS
I. THEIR POWER MAY SLUMBER LONG. In this instance, twenty-four years.
Ne...
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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 20:1. Kadesh; Shur; Gerar.] All lying near the southern
borders of Canaan. Gerar was the chief city of the Philistines. It is
now called _Khirbet-el-Gerar, i.e.,_ the ruins o...
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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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withheld. Genesis 20:18 Genesis 31:7 Genesis 35:5 Exodus 34:24 1
Samuel 25:26 1 Samuel 25:34 Psalms 84:11 Proverbs 21:1 Hosea 2:6 Hosea
2:7 sinning....
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I withheld thee from sinning against me — It is God that restrains
men from doing the ill they would do; it is not from him that there is
sin, but it is from him that there is not more sin, either by...
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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...