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

Bible Comments

A.M. 2106. B.C. 1898.

We have here,

(1,) Abraham's sin in denying his wife, and Abimelech's sin thereupon in taking her, Genesis 20:1-2.

(2,) God's discourse with Abimelech in a dream upon this occasion, Genesis 20:4-7.

(3,) Abimelech's discourse with Abraham, Genesis 20:8-13.

(4,) The good issue of the story; in which Abimelech restores Abraham his wife, 14-16, and Abraham, by prayer, prevails with God for the removal of the judgment Abimelech was under, Genesis 20:17-18.