Genesis 20:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Genesis 20:12 - 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 20:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And yet indeed [she is] my (m) sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. (m) By sister, he means his full cousin, and by daughter Abraham...
Genesis 20:12 - 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 20:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sister. The daughter of Terah by another wife (than Abraham's mother): therefore, Abraham's half-sister. See App-29.
Genesis 20:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. And yet indeed she is my sister. Some suppose Sarah to have been Abraham’s own sister, yet not by the same mothers but born from a second wife. As, however, the name sister has a wider si...
Genesis 20:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. She is my sister - I have not told a lie; I have suppressed only a pa...
Genesis 20:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And yet indeed she is my sister— It appears as plain as words can make it from this verse, that Sarah was indeed the sister of Abraham, born of a different mother, but of the same father: and one w...
Genesis 20:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Yet indeed she is my sister - (see the note at Genesis 11:31 .)...
Genesis 20:12 - 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 20:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Not the daughter of my mother. — This disproves the notion that Sarah was the same as Iscah ( Genesis 11:29 ); for as Iscah was Terah’s granddaughter, the distinction between the identity of the fa...
Genesis 20:12 - 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 20:12 - 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 20:12 - 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 20:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And yet indeed [she is] my sister ,.... In the same sense as Lot was his brother; for she was sister to Lot, and both were the children of Haran, the brother of Abraham: she [is] the daughter of m...
Genesis 20:12 - John Trapp Complete 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. Ver. 12. And yet indeed. ] See Trapp on " Gen 11:29 "
Genesis 20:12 - 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 20:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abimelech's Conduct Towards Abraham. B. C. 1898. 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the...
Genesis 20:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

She is my sister, my near kinswoman; even as Lot upon the same account is called Abraham's brother, Genesis 13:8 . She is the daughter of my father, i.e. the granddaughter; for grandchildren a...
Genesis 20:12 - 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 20:12 - 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 20:12 - 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 20:12 - 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 20:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abimelech Reproves Abraham
Genesis 20:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And yet. Genesis 11:29 Genesis 12:13 1 Thessalonians 5:22 she is the.

Genesis 20:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 20:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 20:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 20:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 20:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 20:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 20:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 20:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 20:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 20:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge