Genesis 20:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. ”

Genesis 20:2 - 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 20:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, (b) She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. (b) Abraham had now twice fallen into this sin: such is man's frailty.
Genesis 20:2 - 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 20:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

said. Abraham's expedient. the next assault on Abraham in the Great Conflict for the destruction of the promised seed of the woman ( Genesis 3:15 ). See App-23. God had to intervene ( Genesis 20:3...
Genesis 20:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife. In this history, the Holy Spirit presents to us a remarkable instance, both of the infirmity of man, and of the grace of God. It is a common proverb, th...
Genesis 20:2 - 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:...
Genesis 20:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. She is my sister - See the parallel account, Genesis 12 (note), and the notes there. Sarah...
Genesis 20:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister— It appears from Genesis 20:13 that it was mutually agreed between Abraham and Sarah to pass for brother and sister, in the strange places and cou...
Genesis 20:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Abraham said of Sarah ... She is my sister - fear of the people among whom he was, temp...
Genesis 20:2 - 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 20:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

She is my sister. — Twenty years before, Abraham had acted in the same way in Egypt, and Pharaoh had rebuked him, but sent him away with large presents. We learn from this chapter, Genesis 20:13 ,...
Genesis 20:2 - 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 20:2 - 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 20:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. By the ministry of dreams and visions o...
Genesis 20:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, she [is] my sister ,.... This he gave out in all conversation he came into, and said it to every one that asked who she was, which was little better than a lie; i...
Genesis 20:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Ver. 2. She is my sister. ] This is the second time he thus sinned, both against piety by...
Genesis 20:2 - 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...
Genesis 20:2 - 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 20:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abraham's Denial of His Wife. B. C. 1898. 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the...
Genesis 20:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Abraham said this lest they should slay him for his beautiful wife's sake, as himself tells us, Genesis 20:11 . For though Sarah was ninety years old, yet she retained her beauty in good measure...
Genesis 20:2 - 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 20:2 - 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...
Genesis 20:2 - 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 20:2 - 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....
Genesis 20:2 - 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 20:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Sarah Again in Danger
Genesis 20:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

said. Genesis 12:11-13 Genesis 26:7 2 Chronicles 19:2 2 Chronicles 20:37 2 Chronicles 32:31 Proverbs 24:16 Ecclesiastes 7:20 Galatians 2:11 Galatians 2:12 Ephesians 4:25 Colossia...

Genesis 20:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 20:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 20:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 20:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 20:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 20:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 20:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 20:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 20:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 20:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 20:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 20:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge