Genesis 20:7

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 20:7

A prophet. One under my particular care, to whom I reveal many things. --- He shall pray for thee. Behold, God will sometimes grant, at the request of his saints, what he would deny even such as Abimelech or the friends of Job. Is not this sufficient encouragement for us, to have recourse to the intercession of the saints? And can any one be so foolish as to pretend this is making gods of them, and shewing them an idolatrous worship? (Haydock) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 20:1-8

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, but Abimelech pleads ignorance. If our consciences witness, that, however we may have been cheated into a snare, we have not knowingly sinned against God, it will be our rejoicing in the day of evil. It is matter of comfort to those who are honest, that God knows their honesty, and will... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 20:1-7

Sarah Again in Danger v. 1. And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. From the grove of Mamre at or near Hebron Abraham gradually journeyed, with all his possessions, to the extreme southern part of Canaan, very likely in search of better pasturage. The region where he tented was, roughly speaking, between Kadesh and Shur, and in his wanderings he encamped also at Gerar, in the land of the Philistines. v. 2. And... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 20:1-18

EIGHTH SECTIONAbraham 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 intercession for Abimelech Genesis 20:1-181And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south1 country [the mid-day], and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned [as a stranger even] in Gerar [lodging-place, pilgrim’s rest]. 2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 20:1-18

Abraham Again Denies His Wife Genesis 20:1-18 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 expected him to have reached an unassailable position. But the best of men are men at the best; and God, who knows us better than we know ourselves, remembers that we are dust. He often steps in by His providence to intercept the full consequences of our wrongdoing, provided always that our heart... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 20:1-18

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 becoming more and more warlike, and were afterward to be known as the Philistines. As Abraham approached, an old fear recurred and a former failure was repeated. These deflections from faith in the life of Abraham did not occur in the great fundamental things, nor in the main essentials of his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 20:1-18

Abraham and Abimelech (Genesis 20:1-18 ). 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 established many years by the Oaks of Mamre but now he moves on, although he would later return to the area. There Sarah died and was buried (Genesis 23:19), and he himself was buried there (Genesis 25:9). Isaac later returns there (Genesis 35:27) and Jacob was also buried there (Genesis 50:13). We do... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 20:1-18

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 instead of Yahweh forbid us to assign it to J, who has also a variant of the story ( Genesis 12:1-Proverbs :); contrast Genesis 20:13 with Genesis 12:11-1 Chronicles :. Features which point to E are the phraseology, the representation of Abraham as a prophet ( Genesis 20:7) and his home as in... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 20:7

He is a prophet, a person very dear to me, and familiarly acquainted with me, and therefore the injuries done to him I take as done to myself. See Psalms 105:15. He shall pray for thee, which is one part of a prophet’s work, Jeremiah 14:11; Jeremiah 15:1. Thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine; which was not unjust, because they all had sins of their own, for which they deserved death whensoever God thought fit to inflict it; and God might take this occasion to do it, that in... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 20:1-7

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 of Gerar. The site is still pointed out near Gaza, where traces of the ancient city remain. Genesis 20:2. Abimelech.] Father of the king. Probably the standing title of the kings of Gerar. Took Sarah, i.e., into his harem. Genesis 20:3. Behold, thou art but a dead man.] “Thou art dying, or on the point... read more