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Genèse 20:15

Listen to Genèse 20:15
15 Et Abimélec dit: Voici, mon pays est à ta disposition; habite où il te plaira.

Genèse 20:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, behold, my whole land [is] before thee,
&c.] Instead of bidding him be gone, and sending him away in haste out of his country, as the king of Egypt did in a like case, he solicits his stay in it; and to encourage him to it, makes an offer of his whole kingdom to him, to choose which part of it he would to dwell in: dwell where it pleaseth thee;
if there was anyone part of it better than another, or more convenient for him, his family and his flocks, he was welcome to it.

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Genèse 20:15 In-Context

13 Or, lorsque Dieu me fit errer loin de la maison de mon père, je lui dis: Voici la faveur que tu me feras: Dans tous les lieux où nous irons, dis de moi: C'est mon frère.
14 Alors Abimélec prit des brebis et des bœufs, des serviteurs et des servantes, et les donna à Abraham, et il lui rendit Sara sa femme.
15 Et Abimélec dit: Voici, mon pays est à ta disposition; habite où il te plaira.
16 Et il dit à Sara: Voici, j'ai donné à ton frère mille pièces d'argent; voici, ce sera pour toi un voile sur les yeux, devant tous ceux qui sont avec toi; et auprès de tous tu seras justifiée.
17 Et Abraham pria Dieu; et Dieu guérit Abimélec, sa femme et ses servantes, et elles enfantèrent.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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