Genesis 20:3-5

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 20:1-7

Genesis 20:1-7And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sisterAbraham’s repetition of his old fault; the power of former temptationsI.THEIR POWER MAY SLUMBER LONG. In this instance, twenty-four years. Never safe from invasion of temptations once yielded to. II. CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ARISE WHICH WILL REVIVE THEIR STRENGTH. 1. Reaction after great spiritual excitement. 2. Experience of social corruption. III. THE RESULTS OF YIELDING AGAIN ARE MOST DISASTROUS. 1. The distress of anxiety. 2.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 20:3

Gen 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man’s wife. Ver. 3. But God came to Abimelech in a dream. ] Dreams are either natural or supernatural. Natural dreams are not much to be regarded. Ecc 5:7 Diviners and dreamers we are forbid to hearken to. Jer 27:9 Cicero confutes them that do, in his book De Divinatione. a What use there is of them is in physic, to discern our... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 20:4

Gen 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Ver. 4. But Abimelech had not come near her. ] Being hindered by sickness. Gen 20:17 Well might St Ambrose call sickness the shop of virtues. a When men are fastened to their beds, and their bones made to rattle in their skin, lust will be laid asleep, and little leisure left for luxury. b This made King Alfred pray God to send him always some sickness, whereby his body might be tamed,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 20:5

Gen 20:5 Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. Ver. 5. Said he not unto me, She is my sister? &c. ] Here Abraham and Sarah, though both famous, he for his faith, Rom 4:19 and she for not being afraid with any amazement, 1Pe 3:6 yet here they show some trepidation. Sense, saith one, a fights sore against faith, when it is upon its own dunghill, I mean in a... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 20:3

a dream: Genesis 28:12, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 37:5, Genesis 37:9, Genesis 40:8, Genesis 41:1-Zephaniah :, Job 4:12, Job 4:13, Job 33:15, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 27:19 a dead: Genesis 20:7, Psalms 105:14, Ezekiel 33:14, Ezekiel 33:15, Jonah 3:4 a man's wife: Heb. married to an husband Reciprocal: Genesis 26:26 - Abimelech Genesis 38:24 - let her Genesis 39:9 - how then Genesis 40:5 - General Genesis 41:7 - a dream Exodus 12:33 - We be all Numbers 22:9 - God 2... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 20:4

had: Genesis 20:6, Genesis 20:18 wilt: Genesis 20:17, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 18:23-Lamentations :, Genesis 19:24, 2 Samuel 4:11, 1 Chronicles 21:17 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:13 - what I did Proverbs 6:29 - toucheth read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 20:5

in the integrity: or, simplicity, or sincerity, Joshua 22:22, 1 Kings 9:4, 2 Kings 20:3, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Psalms 7:8, Psalms 25:21, Psalms 78:72, Proverbs 11:3, Proverbs 20:7, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, 1 Timothy 1:13 and innocency: Job 33:9, Psalms 24:4, Psalms 26:6, Psalms 73:13, Daniel 6:22 Reciprocal: Genesis 12:13 - thou Genesis 20:16 - thy Genesis 26:7 - She is my sister Joshua 24:14 - serve 1 Samuel 22:15 - Did I then 2 Samuel 15:11 - their simplicity 1 Kings 18:13 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.But God came to Abimelech in a dream — It appears by this that God revealed himself by dreams, which evidenced themselves to be divine and supernatural, not only to his servants the prophets, but even to those that were out of the pale of the church; but then usually it was with some regard to God's own people. read more

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