Genesis 20:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. ”

Genesis 20:15 - 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 20:15 - 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 20:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
Genesis 20:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me...
Genesis 20:15 - 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 20:15 - 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 20:15 - 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 20:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was repro...
Genesis 20:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abimelech said, behold, my whole land [is] before thee ,.... Instead of bidding him be gone, and sending him away in haste out of his country, as the king of Egypt did in a like case, he solicit...
Genesis 20:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. Ver. 15. Behold, my land. ] This is the way to make a reproof work kindly, viz., to preserve still an opinion in...
Genesis 20:15 - 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 20:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before...
Genesis 20:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My land is before thee, i.e. free for thy view and choice, as Genesis 13:9 .
Genesis 20:15 - 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 20:15 - 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 20:15 - 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 20:15 - 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 20:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Plague Removed from Abimelech
Genesis 20:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

my land. Genesis 13:9 Genesis 34:10 Genesis 47:6 where it pleaseth thee. Heb. as is good in thine eyes.

Genesis 20:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 20:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 20:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 20:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 20:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 20:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 20:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 20:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 20:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge