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Verse Genesis 20:7. _HE IS A PROPHET, AND HE SHALL PRAY FOR THEE_]
The word prophet, which we have from the Greek προφητες, and
which is compounded of προ, _before_, and φημι, _I speak_,
means, in it...
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- Abraham in Gerar
2. אבימלך .2 _'ǎbı̂ymelek_, Abimelekh, “father of the
king.”
7. נביא _nābı̂y'_ “prophet,” he who speaks by God, of God,
and to God, who declares to people not merely things futu...
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CHAPTER 20 ABRAHAM IN GERAR
_ 1. Abraham in Gerar (Genesis 20:1)_
2. Second denial of Sarah (Genesis 20:2)
3. God's dealing with Abimelech (Genesis 20:3)
4. Abimelech and Abraham ...
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GENESIS 20. ABRAHAM PASSES OFF SARAH AS HIS SISTER AT GERAR. The first
complete narrative from E. The writer uses Elohim, but P's
characteristics are absent. Phraseology as well as the use of Elohim
i...
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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,...
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_for he is a prophet_ Abraham is here given the title of "prophet," or
"_nâbî_" (the first occurrence of it in Scripture). The prophet the
one who utters or pours forth is one who is in intimate relat...
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FOR HE IS A PROPHET, AND SHALL PRAY FOR THEE, &C.— This is the first
place in Scripture where the word _prophet_ occurs; and Abraham is the
first to whom that appellation is given. It is evident, as H...
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PART THIRTY-THREE
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: SOJOURN IN THE NEGEB
(Genesis 20:1 to Genesis 21:34)
1. _Abraham and Abimelech_ (Genesis 20:1-18)
1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the
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_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...
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ABRAHAM AT GERAR
1. Abraham leaves Mamre (Hebron) for Gerar, SW. of Philistia. It seems
from Genesis 21:34 that he remained in that district for some years....
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HE _IS_ A PROPHET] i.e. one to whom God reveals His will, and who in
turn declares it to men; and so one who can mediate between God and
man, as in this case: see on Exodus 7:1.
11-13. Abraham explai...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 20
ABIMELECH TAKES SARAH
V1 Abraham travelled away from the big trees at Mamre. He went toward
the region that is called the Negeb. He lived betw...
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HE IS A PROPHET. — This is not said as an aggravation of
Abimelech’s sin, but as an encouragement to him to restore Sarah. It
is therefore rightly joined with the words “He shall pray for
thee.” For t...
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וְ עַתָּ֗ה הָשֵׁ֤ב אֵֽשֶׁת ־הָ אִישׁ֙
כִּֽי
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ABRAHAM AGAIN DENIES HIS WIFE
Genesis 20:1
It is wonderful that Abraham should fall like this. He had walked with
God for so many years, and experienced so many deliverances, that we
should have expe...
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Once again we have to face Abraham's deflection from faith. We see him
journeying south to Gerar. This was the center of a race of men who,
having driven out the original possessors of the land, were...
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WHEN ABRAHAM FAILED TO TRUST GOD
A book that only claimed to be from God would not record the failings
of a great man like Abraham. since the Bible is from God, it tells us
of a second time Abraham fa...
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Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a (h) prophet,
and he (i) shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou
restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and...
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_A prophet. One under my particular care, to whom I reveal many
things. --- He shall pray for thee. Behold, God will sometimes grant,
at the request of his saints, what he would deny even such as
Abim...
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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...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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7._Now therefore, restore the man his wife_. God does not now speak of
Abraham as of a common man, but as of one who is so peculiarly dear
unto himself, that He undertakes the defense of his conjugal...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21.
In Chapter s 20, 21 we have the question of the heir and of the path
of faith in another point of view. Abraham denies his relationship
with his wi...
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NOW THEREFORE RESTORE THE MAN [HIS] WIFE,.... Which will be a full
proof and evidence to all of the integrity of thy heart, and the
innocence of thine hands, which thou pleadest, and which I own:
FOR...
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_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 th...
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_He is a prophet_ A person favoured with peculiar intercourse with
God, who is made acquainted with his will and purposes in an
extraordinary way, and is the interpreter of that will, and the
revealer...
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1 Abraham soiourneth at Gerar,
2 denieth his wife, and loseth her.
3 Abimelech is reproued for her in a dreame.
9 He rebuketh Abraham,
14 restoreth Sarah,
16 and reprooueth her.
17 Hee is healed...
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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 that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thin...
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Sarah Again in Danger...
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EIGHTH SECTION
_Abraham and Abimelech of Gerar. His and Sarah’s renewed exposure
through his human, calculating prudence, as formerly in Egypt before
Pharaoh. The Divine preservation. Abraham’s inter...
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ABRAHAM EXPOSED AND REPROVED
Now we return to Abraham's history. He journeyed toward the south,
which is typical of pleasant circumstances, but nearly always having
danger in it. He dwelt between Kade...
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1-8 Crooked policy will not prosper: it brings ourselves and others
into danger. God gives Abimelech notice of his danger of sin, and his
danger of death for his sin. Every wilful sinner is a dead ma...
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We have two distinct points in this chapter: first, the moral
degradation to which the child of God sometimes subjects himself, in
the view of the world; and, secondly, the moral dignity which _
alway...
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Genesis 20:7 restore H7725 (H8685) mans H376 wife H802 prophet H5030
pray H6419 (H8691) you H1157 live...
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ABRAHAM AND ABIMELECH (GENESIS 20:1).
Genesis 20:1
‘And Abraham journeyed from there towards the land of the South, and
dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar.'
He had been establ...
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CONTENTS: Abraham's lapse at Gerar. Lying to Abimelech about his wife.
CHARACTERS: Abraham, Sarah, Abimelech.
CONCLUSION: Sin has many tools but a lie is a handle that fits them
all. If the truth is...
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Genesis 20:1 , _Gerar,_ in the tribe of Simeon, then a royal
residence. Abimelech was the common name of the kings that reigned
there.
Genesis 20:2. _She is my sister._ It is not said whether Sarah wa...
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_And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister_
ABRAHAM’S REPETITION OF HIS OLD FAULT; THE POWER OF FORMER
TEMPTATIONS
I. THEIR POWER MAY SLUMBER LONG. In this instance, twenty-four years.
Ne...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 20:1 King Abimelech takes Sarah into his
harem, which seems to put at risk God’s promise that Sarah will bear
Abraham a son.
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 20:7 Abraham is the first person in the
Bible called a PROPHET. This context emphasizes his ability to
intercede for others, one of the characteristics of a true prophet ...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 20:1. Kadesh; Shur; Gerar.] All lying near the southern
borders of Canaan. Gerar was the chief city of the Philistines. It is
now called _Khirbet-el-Gerar, i.e.,_ the ruins o...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 20:1
AND ABRAHAM JOURNEYED (_vide_ Genesis 12:9) FROM THENCE. Mamre
(Genesis 18:1). In search of pasture, as on a previous occasion
(Keil);
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Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelled
between Kadesh and Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar (Genesis 20:1).
So Abraham was living in the area of Hebron, but now he is still s...
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a prophet. 1 Kings 18:1 1 Corinthians 14:4 Exodus 4:16 Exodus 7:1
Exodu
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GENESIS 21:32; GENESIS 21:34 — Did the Bible mistakenly place the
Philistines in Palestine at the time of Abraham?
PROBLEM: The earliest allusion to Philistines by Palestinian or
Egyptian sources is...