Genesis 20:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? ”

Genesis 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also (d) a righteous nation? (d) The infidels confessed that God would not punish but for just occasion: therefore, when he pun...
Genesis 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

LORD* . Jehovah. One of the 134 emendations of the Sopherim. See App-32. also, i.e. as well as Sodom and Gomorrah, Genesis 19 . nation. Abimelech evidently expected God to slay the whole nati...
Genesis 20:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. But Abimelech had not come near her. Though Abraham had deprived himself of his wife, the Lord interposed in time to preserve her uninjured. When Moses previously relates, that she was tak...
Genesis 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Genesis 20:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lord, wilt thou slay also, &c.— Abimelech here deprecates the Divine wrath, and enters into a justification of his conduct; declaring that both Abraham and Sarah had united in attesting that Sa...
Genesis 20:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? - х 'Adonaay ( H136 ), Lord: see the note at...
Genesis 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A righteous nation. — Knobel has pointed out that there is an allusion here to the fate of Sodom. Though the malady was confined to Abimelech and his household, yet he sees destruction threatening...
Genesis 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are...
Genesis 20:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Abimelech had not come near her ,.... Sarah had been put into an apartment in his palace, and not yet admitted into his company, not at least to his bed; he had not lain with her, which is the d...
Genesis 20:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Ver. 4. But Abimelech had not come near her. ] Being hindered by sickness. Gen 20:17 Well might St A...
Genesis 20:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wilt thou also slay a righteous nation? He probably referred to the late destruction of Sodom and the cities of the plain, which, no doubt, must have caused great consternation, if not also some de...
Genesis 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 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. 4 But Abimelech had not...
Genesis 20:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Abimelech had not come near her, i.e. had not yet lain with her. A modest expression, like that of knowing a woman, Genesis 4:1 , or going in to her, Genesis 6:4 , or touching her, Pr...
Genesis 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Sarah Again in Danger
Genesis 20:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

had. Genesis 20:6 Genesis 20:18 wilt. Genesis 20:17 Genesis 20:18 Genesis 18:23-25 Genesis 19:24 2 Samuel 4:11 1 Chronicles 21:17
Genesis 20:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wilt thou slay also a righteous nation — Not such a nation as Sodom.

Genesis 20:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 20:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 20:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 20:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 20:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 20:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 20:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 20:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 20:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 20:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 20:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 20:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 20:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes