Genesischapter 20
18 verses · BSBGenesis book hub →
A.Abimelech Warned in a Dreamvv. 1-7
1 Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar, 2 Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. 3 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.” 4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? 5 Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.” 6 Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her. 7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
B.She Is My Sister — Abraham Rebukedvv. 8-18
8 Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.” 10 Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?” 11 Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’ 12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife. 13 So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’” 14 So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him. 15 And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.” 16 And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.” 17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children— 18 for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
Chapter summary
Abraham and Abimelech.
Read the rest, the context and the outline ▾Show less ▴
Chapter summary
Abraham and Abimelech.
Read the rest, the context and the outline ▾Show less ▴
Abraham and Abimelech. Once again Abraham calls Sarah his sister; Abimelech of Gerar takes her. God comes to Abimelech in a dream by night: ‘thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken’. Abimelech, protesting his integrity, is believed. His household was kept from sin by divine restraint. Sarah is restored with gifts; Abraham prays and heals the household's barrenness. The episode replays Genesis 12 with worse excuse: Abraham now has the covenant behind him and still reaches for the old evasion. Gill notes the mercy of God who protects the promise in spite of the patriarch's weakness.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Law · Moses — Genesis overview
- A. 1–7 Abimelech Warned in a Dream
- B. 8–18 She Is My Sister — Abraham Rebuked
Top cross-references8 chapters ▾
Genesis 129 verses
- Genesis 12:1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
- Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
- Genesis 12:11As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
- Genesis 12:12and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
- Genesis 12:13Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
- Genesis 12:15When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
- Read Genesis 12: 3 more there →
Genesis 264 verses
- Genesis 26:1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- Genesis 26:6So Isaac settled in Gerar.
- Genesis 26:7But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
- Genesis 26:10“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
- Read Genesis 26 →
Genesis 203 verses
- Genesis 20:2Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
- Genesis 20:5Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
- Genesis 20:7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
- Read Genesis 20 →
Genesis 182 verses
- Genesis 18:1Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
- Genesis 18:23Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Read Genesis 18 →
4 more chapters this one speaks with
1 Samuel 252 verses
- 1 Samuel 25:26Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:34Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
- Read 1 Samuel 25 →
Job 422 verses
- Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.
- Read Job 42 →
Matthew 271 verse
- Matthew 27:19While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
- Read Matthew 27 →
Psalms 1051 verse
- Psalms 105:14He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
- Read Psalms 105 →
Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.