Genesis 20:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. ”

Genesis 20:6 - 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 20:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also (g) withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. (g...
Genesis 20:6 - 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 20:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I also withheld. Divine intervention needed. Compare Genesis 20:2 . Note the emphatic pronouns. See App-23. sinning. See App-44. touch. Here is the Hebrew word naga . touch, used in. clear...
Genesis 20:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart. We infer from this answer of God, (as I have lately remarked,) that Abimelech did not testify falsely concerning his own int...
Genesis 20:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Genesis 20:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I also withheld thee— It is not from God that there is sin, but it is from him that there is not more sin, either by his influence on men's minds, checking their inclination to sin, or by his provi...
Genesis 20:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her....
Genesis 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God said unto him in a dream ,.... The same dream continued: yea , or "also" I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ; not only thou knowest, but I, who know all things, kn...
Genesis 20:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Ver....
Genesis 20:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I withheld thee , &c. It is God that restrains men from doing the ill they would do; it is not from him that there is sin, but it is from him that there is not more sin, either by his influence...
Genesis 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I know that thou didst not this knowingly and maliciously, but imprudently and inconsiderately, which is indeed an extenuation of thy sin, though not a total excuse. Compare 1 Kings 9:4 1 Chron...
Genesis 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Sarah Again in Danger
Genesis 20:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

withheld. Genesis 20:18 Genesis 31:7 Genesis 35:5 Exodus 34:24 1 Samuel 25:26 1 Samuel 25:34 Psalms 84:11 Proverbs 21:1 Hosea 2:6 Hosea 2:7 sinning. Genesis 39:9 Leviticus 6:2...
Genesis 20:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I withheld thee from sinning against me — It is God that restrains men from doing the ill they would do; it is not from him that there is sin, but it is from him that there is not more sin, either...

Genesis 20:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 20:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 20:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 20:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 20:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 20:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 20:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 20:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 20:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 20:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 20:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 20:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 20:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 20:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes