And Abimelech said unto Abraham,.... Continuing his discourse with him:what sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
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Genesis 20:10
Genesis 20:10
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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Genesis 20 — OverviewGenesis 20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe are here returning to the story of Abraham; yet that part of it
which is here recorded is not to his honour. The fairest marbles have
their flaws, and, while there are spots in the sun, we must not expect…Genesis 20 — OverviewGenesis 20 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 20:1, Abraham sojourns at Gerar; Genesis 20:2, Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech; Genesis 20:3, Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream; Genesis 20:9, He rebukes Abraham; Genesis 20:14, Restores Sarah;…Genesis 20 — OverviewGenesis 20 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates the removal of Abraham to Gerar, Ge 20:1; the king of Gerar's taking to him Sarah, whom Abraham had called his sister, Ge 20:2; who is rebuked of God for it in a dream, Ge 20:3; for which he makes…Genesis 20:1-18Genesis 20:1-18 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 20:1-18Genesis 20:1-18 · The Pulpit CommentaryAbraham in Gerar, or two royal sinners.
I. THE SIN OF THE HEBREW PATRIARCH
1. An old sin repeated. "Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister." Twenty years before the same miserable equivocation had been…Genesis 20:8-13Genesis 20:8-13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAbimelech, being thus warned of God in a dream, takes the warning, and,
as one truly afraid of sin and its consequences, he rises early to obey
the directions given him.
I. He has a caution for his servants, v.…
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