Chuàngshìjì 20:11

11 Yàbólāhǎn shuō , wǒ yǐwéi zhè dìfang de rén zǒng bú jùpà shén , bì wèi wǒ qīzi de yuángù shā wǒ .

Chuàngshìjì 20:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said
In defence of himself, as well as he could: because I thought;
within himself, concluding from the general depravity of the Canaanites, that this was the case of the inhabitants of Gerar: surely the fear of God [is] not in this place;
this is a certain truth, which he thought might be depended upon, and taken for granted, since so it was everywhere: or "only" ^F5, as the word used signifies; this was the only thing he had to plead, that he verily thought with himself that there was no true religion and godliness in Gerar: that the inhabitants of it were without any fear of God before their eyes, or in their hearts; and he knew, where this is the case, there is nothing to restrain from the commission of the grossest sins: and they will slay me for my wife's sake;
that they might marry her, see ( Genesis 12:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (qr) "tantum", Montanus; so Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius; so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, and Ben Melech.

Chuàngshìjì 20:11 In-Context

9 Yàbǐmǐlè shào le Yàbólāhǎn lái , duì tā shuō , nǐ zĕnme xiàng wǒ zhèyàng xíng ne . wǒ zaì shénme shì shàng de zuì le nǐ , nǐ jìng shǐ wǒ hé wǒ guó lǐ de rén xiàn zaì dà zuì lǐ . nǐ xiàng wǒ xíng bùdàng xíng de shì le .

10 Yàbǐmǐlè yòu duì Yàbólāhǎn shuō , nǐ jiàn le shénme cái zuò zhè shì ne .

11 Yàbólāhǎn shuō , wǒ yǐwéi zhè dìfang de rén zǒng bú jùpà shén , bì wèi wǒ qīzi de yuángù shā wǒ .

12 Kuàngqiĕ tā yĕ shízaì shì wǒde meìzi . tā yǔ wǒ shì tóng fǔ yì mǔ , hòulái zuò le wǒde qīzi .

13 Dàng shén jiào wǒ líkāi fǔ jia , piāoliú zaì waì de shíhou , wǒ duì tā shuō , wǒmen wúlùn zǒu dào shénme dìfang , nǐ kĕyǐ duì rén shuō , tā shì wǒde gēge . zhè jiù shì nǐ daì wǒde ēndiǎn le .