Genesis 20:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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).

Genesis 20:7

7 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 thine.