Genesis 20:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The fear of God is not in this place, i.e. true piety, or the knowledge of the true God, which is the only effectual restraint from the grossest wickedness.

Genesis 20:11

11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.