And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. ABRAHAM EST PARTI DE LÀ. D'où? Aucun lieu n'est mentionné en relation avec le nom du patriarche dans le contexte immédiatement précédent. Nous devons revenir à Genèse 13:18; c... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. ABRAHAM A DIT DE SARAH ... ELLE EST MA SŒUR - la peur des gens parmi lesquels il était, l'a tenté de tromper. Sa conduite était hautement coupable. C'était une tromperie, délibérée et prémédit... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. DIEU EST VENU À ABIMELECH DANS UN RÊVE DE NUIT. Dans les premiers temps, un rêve était souvent le moyen de communiquer des vérités import... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? SEIGNEUR, TUERAS-TU AUSSI UNE NATION JUSTE? - [ 'Adonaay (H136), Seigneur: voir la note à Genèse 15:2.] L'utilisation de ce terme montre que la vraie religion persistait encore à Guérar, comme il resso... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. NE M'A-T-IL PAS DIT QU'ELLE EST MA SŒUR? Ceci est la première chose d'Abraham à Gérar; et dans son ignorance NE M'A-T-IL PAS DIT: ELLE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM IN A DREAM, YEA, I KNOW THAT THOU DIDST THIS IN THE INTEGRITY OF THY HEART; FOR I ALSO WITHHELD THEE FROM SINNING AGAINST ME: THEREFORE SUFFERED I THEE NOT TO TOUCH HER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 thine. IL EST UN PROPHÈTE , [hébreu, naabiy' (H5030), receveur de révélations divines] - celui qu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEREFORE ABIMELECH ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND CALLED ALL HIS SERVANTS, AND TOLD ALL THESE THINGS IN THEIR EARS: AND THE MEN WERE SORE AFRAID._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. PUIS ABIMÉLEC APPELA ABRAHAM ET LUI DIT ... QU'AS-TU FAIT? Dans quelle... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND ABIMELECH SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, WHAT SAWEST THOU, THAT THOU HAST DONE THIS THING?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. ABRAHAM A DIT ... J'AI PENSÉ: "SÛREMENT LA CRAINTE DE DIEU N'EST PAS . Des horribles vices de Sodome, il semble avoir pris l'impression que toutes les autres villes de Cana... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. POURTANT, EN EFFET, ELLE EST MA SŒUR - (voir la note à Genèse 11:31.) Terah devait être une polygame, ou un veuf qui avait contracté un deuxième mariage, si Sarah était la... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN GOD CAUSED ME TO WANDER FROM MY FATHER'S HOUSE, THAT I SAID UNTO HER, THIS IS THY KINDNESS WHICH THOU SHALT SHEW UNTO ME; AT EVERY PLACE WHITHER WE SHALL COME, SAY OF ME, HE IS MY BROTHER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. J'AI DONNÉ À TON FRÈRE MILLE PIÈCES D'ARGENT. [Le mot sheqel (H8255) est souvent omis: cf. G... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. ABRAHAM A DONC PRIÉ DIEU. Bien que l'efficacité de la prière ne soit pas expressément mentionnée avant l'ère de l'Évangile (Matthieu 7:7; Jaques 5:14 - Jaques 5:15), il existe de nomb... [ Continuer la lecture ]