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Genesis 20:13-18

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13 And when 1God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, 2say of me, “He is my brother. ”’”
14 Then Abimelech 3took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him.
15 And Abimelech said, “Behold, 4my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you. ”
16 To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given 5your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is 6a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all[a] who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated. ”
17 Then 7Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.
18 For the Lord 8had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
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Genesis 20:13-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 20

This chapter relates the removal of Abraham to Gerar, Ge 20:1; the king of Gerar's taking to him Sarah, whom Abraham had called his sister, Ge 20:2; who is rebuked of God for it in a dream, Ge 20:3; for which he makes an apology that is admitted, only he is ordered to restore to Abraham his wife, Ge 20:4-7; and accordingly early in the morning he called his servants, and acquainted them with what had happened, Ge 20:8; and then sent for Abraham, and expressed his resentment at his usage of him, Ge 20:9; which Abraham defended as well as he could, Ge 20:10-13; the issue of all which was, great kindness was shown to Abraham, and his wife restored to him, though with a reproof to her from the king, Ge 20:14-16; upon which Abraham prayed for the healing of Abimelech and his family, in which he was heard and answered, Ge 20:17,18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 8

  • 1. 20:13 ch. 12:1
  • 2. 20:13 ch. 12:13
  • 3. 20:14 ch. 12:16
  • 4. 20:15 ch. 13:9; 34:10
  • 5. 20:16 [ver. 5]
  • 6. 20:16 [ch. 24:65]
  • 7. 20:17 [James 5:16]
  • 8. 20:18 [ch. 12:17]

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 20:16 Hebrew 'It is a covering of eyes for all'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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