Genesis 20:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? ”

Genesis 20:10 - 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...
Genesis 20:10 - 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...
Genesis 20:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sawest thou . hadst thou seen.
Genesis 20:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing ? By this question the king provides against the future. He thinks that Abraham had not practiced this dissimulation inconsiderately; and,...
Genesis 20:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Genesis 20:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, &c.— Continuing his discourse to him, he desires to know what he had observed either in him or his people, which gave him any reason to conclude that they were...
Genesis 20:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? No JFB commentary on this verse.
Genesis 20:10 - 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.
Genesis 20:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What sawest thou? — Some modern commentators explain the Hebrew as meaning, What purpose hadst thou? What didst thou look for? But the old rendering is probably right. Abimelech first denies by ind...
Genesis 20:10 - 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...
Genesis 20:10 - 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...
Genesis 20:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. This was the case. See Genesis 11:29
Genesis 20:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abimelech said unto Abraham ,.... Continuing his discourse with him: what sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing ? he desires to know what he had observed, either in him or his people, th...
Genesis 20:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? Ver. 10. What sawest thou? ] He hath not yet done, but further expostulateth the injury, and setteth on the rep...
Genesis 20:10 - 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...
Genesis 20:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abimelech's Conduct Towards Abraham. B. C. 1898. 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the...
Genesis 20:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What levity or miscarriage didst thou discern in us which moved thee to deal thus with us?
Genesis 20:10 - 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...
Genesis 20:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 20:8 . Servants.] Court officers—his counsellors. ( 1 Kings 1:2 ; 1 Kings 10:5 ; 2 Kings 6:8 .) Genesis 20:10 . What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? ]...
Genesis 20:10 - 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...
Genesis 20:10 - 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...
Genesis 20:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abimelech Reproves Abraham
Genesis 20:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 20:10
Genesis 20:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing — What reason hadst thou to think, that if we had known her to be thy wife, thou wouldst have been exposed to any danger by it?

Genesis 20:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 20:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 20:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 20:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 20:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 20:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 20:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 20:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 20:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 20:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 20:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes