Genesis 20:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. ”

• Genesis 20:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - Abraham in Gerar 2. אבימלך .2 'ǎbı̂ymelek , Abimelekh, “father of the king.” 7. נביא nābı̂y' “prophet,” he who speaks by God, of God, and to God, who declares to people not merely...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and (a) Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. (a) Which was toward Egypt.

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• Genesis 20:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 Elohi...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  south . the Negeb. See Genesis 12:9 ; Genesis 13:1 .

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• Genesis 20:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1. And Abraham journeyed from thence. What Moses related respecting the destruction of Sodom, was a digression. He now returns to the continuation of his history, and proceeds to show what ha...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 19 CALL OF ABRAM Genesis 20:1-4 . Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham journeyed - It is very likely that this holy man was so deeply aff...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Journeyed from thence toward, &c.— Not able to endure the melancholy prospect, which the desolated cities afforded, whence too, probably, a noxious stench might arise, Abraham removed from his...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Abraham journeyed from thence. Whence? No place is mentioned in connec...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Abraham at Gerar 1. Abraham leaves Mamre (Hebron) for Gerar, SW. of Philistia. It seems from Genesis 21:34 that he remained in that district for some years.

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• Genesis 20:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XX. ABRAHAM’S DENIAL OF HIS WIFE AT GERAR. (1) Abraham journeyed from thence. — That is, from Mamre, where he had so long halted, and which seems to have continued to be one of his homes. As he...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Genesis 20:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS. The history of the patriarch Abram is re-assumed. In his journey (for he is still in the pilgrimage state) he is going towards the South. In Gerar, where he sojourned, Abimelech, the King...

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• Genesis 20:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country ,.... He returned from the plains or oaks of Mamre, where he had lived fifteen or twenty years, into the more southern parts of the land o...

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• Genesis 20:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Ver. 1. And Abraham journeyed from thence, &c. ] Either as grieved at t...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And Abraham sojourned in Gerar Which belonged to the Philistines. We are not told upon what occasion he removed; whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or, as some of the Jewish writers say...

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• Genesis 20:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ABRAHAM EXPOSED AND REPROVED Now we return to Abraham's history. He journeyed toward the south, which is typical of pleasant circumstances, but nearly always having danger in it. He dwelt between...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Abraham's Denial of His Wife. B. C. 1898.       1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  GENESIS CHAPTER 20 Abraham sojourns in Gerar, Genesis 20:1 ; denies Sarah to be his wife: Abimelech sends and takes her, Genesis 20:2 . God warns Abimelech in a dream, Genesis 20:3 . He ex...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 20:1 . Kadesh; Shur; Gerar.] All lying near the southern borders of Canaan. Gerar was the chief city of the Philistines. It is now called Khirbet-el-Gerar, i.e., the ru...

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

  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...

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• Genesis 20:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister Abraham’s repetition of his old fault; the power of former temptations I. THEIR POWER MAY SLUMBER LONG. In this instance, twenty-four years....

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• Genesis 20:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 20:1 And Abraham journeyed ( vide Genesis 12:9 ) from thence. Mamre ( Genesis 18:1 ). In search of pasture, as on a previous occasion (Keil); or in consequence of t...

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• Genesis 20:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. From the grove of Mamre at or near Hebron Abraham gradually journeyed, with al...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from. Genesis 13:1 Genesis 18:1 Genesis 24:62 Kadesh. Genesis 14:7 Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:7 Genesis 16:14 Numbers 13:26 Numbers 20:16 Deuteronomy 1...

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• Genesis 20:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And Abraham sojourned in Gerar — We are not told upon what occasion he removed, whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or, as some of the Jewish writers say, because he was grieved at Lot's...

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