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Genesis 20:1 open_in_new
south. the Negeb. See Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1.
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Genesis 20:2 open_in_new
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), for man could know nothing of it. Abraham's fear shown in Genesis 20:11.
my sister. half-sister. See note on Genesis 20:12 and App-29.
Abimelech. Hebrew. Father-king. The official title of the kings of Gerar (Compare Genesis 26:1), like Pharaoh in Egypt.
took. See note on Genesis 21:7. In Sarah's conception God must have renewed her youth, for she nursed Isaac (Genesis 21:7).
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Genesis 20:3 open_in_new
dream. 20 recorded in Scripture (see App-10). Genesis 20:3; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 31:10; Genesis 31:24; Genesis 37:5; Genesis 37:9; Genesis 40:5; Genesis 40:6; Genesis 41:1; Genesis 41:5; Genesis 41:5.Judges 7:13; 1 Kings 3:5.Daniel 2:3; Daniel 4:5; Daniel 7:1.Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:12; Matthew 2:13; Matthew 2:19; Matthew 27:19.
man... for. Figure of speech Aposiopesis, or "sudden silence". We must supply "If thou dost not restore her"; or "I will slay thee". See verses: Genesis 20:4 and Genesis 20:7.
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Genesis 20:4 open_in_new
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 nation.
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Genesis 20:6 open_in_new
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 understandable sense as it is used in Genesis 3:3, "neither shall ye touch it". See note on Genesis 3:3.
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Genesis 20:7 open_in_new
prophet. First occ, showing that prediction is only. small part of its meaning. God's spokesman. Here, it is prayer (compare Exodus 4:16 with Exodus 7:1), and prayer is associated with prophesying, i.e. witnessing (1 Corinthians 11:5).
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Genesis 20:9 open_in_new
What. Figure of speech Aganactesis.
sin. Hebrew. chat'a. See App-44.
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Genesis 20:10 open_in_new
sawest thou. hadst thou seen.
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Genesis 20:11 open_in_new
thought. Hebrew. said: i.e. said [to myself].
slay me. Showing how his fears were worked upon by the enemy. See Genesis 20:2.
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Genesis 20:12 open_in_new
sister. The daughter of Terah by another wife (than Abraham's mother): therefore, Abraham's half-sister. See App-29.
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Genesis 20:13 open_in_new
caused. The verb is in the plural. kindness. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). Kindness put for the kind deeds caused by it.
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Genesis 20:14 open_in_new
and. Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6.
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Genesis 20:16 open_in_new
brother. Figure of speech Irony.
covering, &c. Figure of speech Periphrasis. App-6. Having called Abraham her "brother", he uses this beautiful Figure for her husband. Compare Genesis 24:65; 1 Corinthians 11:5, &c.
reproved, i.e. by the Irony.