Genesis 20:11 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 20:11

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.’

BSB

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ASV

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

KJV

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place--From the horrible vices of Sodom he seems to have taken up the impression that all other cities of Canaan were equally corrupt. There might have been few or none who feared God, but what a sad thing when men of the world show a higher sense of honor and a greater abhorrence of crimes than a true worshipper!

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

I thought surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will slay me - There are many places and persons that have more of the fear of God in them than we think they have; perhaps they are not called by our name, they do not wear our badges, they do not tie themselves to that which we have an opinion of; and therefore we conclude they have not the fear of God in their hearts!

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

1 . [3.] Uncharitableness and censoriousness are sins that are the cause of many other sins. When men have once persuaded themselves concerning such and such that they have not the fear of God, they think this will justify them in the most unjust and unchristian practices towards them.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אַבְרָהָ֔ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
אָמַ֗רְתִּי	'a.Mar.ti	I said	H559 →
רַ֚ק	rak	certainly	H7535 →
אֵין־	'ein-	there not	H369 →
יִרְאַ֣ת	yir.'At	[is] [the] fear of	H3374 →
אֱלֹהִ֔ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
בַּמָּק֖וֹם	ba.ma.Kom	in the place	H4725 →
הַזֶּ֑ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
וַהֲרָג֖וּנִי	va.ha.ra.Gu.ni	and they will kill me	H2026 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
דְּבַ֥ר	de.Var	[the] matter of	H1697 →
אִשְׁתִּֽי׃	'ish.Ti	wife my	H802 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 5:15
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of…
leads to
- Nehemiah 5:9
  So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 16:6
By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
leads to
- Proverbs 14:16
  A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
- Job 28:28
  And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
  Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Daniel 4:27
  Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be…
- Proverbs 14:27
  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
Through
Genesis 26:7
But 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…
leads to
- Proverbs 29:25
  The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 42:18
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
leads to
- Leviticus 25:43
  You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Genesis