Genesis 20:17

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

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 20:17-18

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., she who was eminently such—the queen. Maid servants. Concubines are intended, a different word being used for ordinary servants. (1 Samuel 25:41.) And they bare. They were rendered capable of procreating children. The verb is masculine, for both sexes were involved in this judicial malady. It may... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 20:1-18

Chapter 20Abraham 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 sort of a nomadic person. If you go over to Israel today, you'll see the Bedouins living in their tents and they are nomadic people. They'll live for awhile in an area and then they'll get up, pack their tents and move and live in another area. And Abraham was living in tents. He never... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 20:1-18

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 was daughter of Terah, Abraham’s father, by a second wife, or whether she was daughter of Haran, and sister of Lot. The Jews are divided here, for brevity in the text seems to occasion obscurity. Yet being called daughter-in-law of Terah, Genesis 11:31, she must, it would seem, have been the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 20:17-18

Genesis 20:17-18So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed AbimelechAn efficacious interesting prayerAbraham’s prayer for the doomed cities was not granted, but his prayer for Abimelech was answered in full.“God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maid-servants.” But in the present instance we can see some reasons why it was likely that this prayer should be answered. I. BECAUSE FAITH WAS MAINTAINED NOTWITHSTANDING PAST FAILURES. Persevering faith, which is superior to all discouragements,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 20:17

Gen 20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare [children]. Ver. 17. So Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech. ] Here was that of St James verified, "The prayer of faith shall save the sick; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him". Jam 5:15 So he is healed on both sides. The story of Luther is well known, how by his prayers he recovered Theodorus Virus of a consumption, after the physicians had... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 20:17

Genesis 20:7, Genesis 29:31, 1 Samuel 5:11, 1 Samuel 5:12, Ezra 6:10, Job 42:9, Job 42:10, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 15:29, Isaiah 45:11, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 21:22, Acts 3:24, Philippians 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:25, James 5:16 Reciprocal: Genesis 20:4 - wilt Genesis 21:22 - God Ruth 4:13 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 30:18 - prayed Job 42:8 - my servant Job shall Psalms 6:2 - heal Psalms 30:2 - and Jeremiah 27:18 - let them Acts 8:24 - Pray 1 John 5:16 - he shall ask read more

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