Genesis 20:1

south. the Negeb. See Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1.

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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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and (a) Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. (a) Which was toward Eg...
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 a...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. And Abraham journeyed from thence. What Moses related respecting the destruction of Sodom, was a digression. He now returns to the continu...
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 f...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham journeyed - It i...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Journeyed from thence toward, &c.— Not able to endure the melancholy prospect, which the desolated cities afforded, whence too, probably, a nox...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Abraham journeyed fr...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XX. ABRAHAM’S DENIAL OF HIS WIFE AT GERAR. (1) Abraham journeyed from thence. — That is, from Mamre, where he had so long halted, and which seem...
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...
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 dr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS. The history of the patriarch Abram is re-assumed. In his journey (for he is still in the pilgrimage state) he is going towards the South....
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 ma...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country ,.... He returned from the plains or oaks of Mamre, where he had lived fifteen or twenty...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Ver. 1. And Abraham journ...
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 destructi...
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 ne...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abraham's Denial of His Wife. B. C. 1898. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

GENESIS CHAPTER 20 Abraham sojourns in Gerar, Genesis 20:1 ; denies Sarah to be his wife: Abimelech sends and takes her, Genesis 20:2 . God w...
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 Kad...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. From the grove of Mamre at o...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Sarah Again in Danger
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from. Genesis 13:1 Genesis 18:1 Genesis 24:62 Kadesh. Genesis 14:7 Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:7 Genesis 16:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Abraham sojourned in Gerar — We are not told upon what occasion he removed, whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or, as some of the J...

¹ And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 20:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 20:1