Verse 16
Genesis 20:16. He, or this, is to thee a covering of the eyes For the words may be expounded either of the money given to Abraham to buy a veil for the covering of her face, and to be worn in token of her subjection to her husband; or of Abraham, that he must be a covering of her eyes, that she should look at no other, nor desire to be looked at by any other. Yoke- fellows must be to each other for a covering of the eyes. The marriage covenant is a covenant with the eyes, like Job’s; Job 31:1. Thus she was reproved Or instructed. The Septuagint is και παντα αληθευσον , speak thou the truth in all things, referring, no doubt, to the equivocation she and Abraham had used.
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