1 Abraham sojourns at Gerar.
2 Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech.
3 Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream.
9 He rebukes Abraham.
14 Restores Sarah;
16 and reproves her.
17 Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer.

A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from. 13:1 18:1 24:62

Kadesh. 14:7 16:1,7,14 Nu 13:26 20:16 De 1:19 32:51 1Sa 15:7 Ps 29:8

Gerar. Gerar was a city of Arabia Petraea, under a king of the Philistines, 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of Judah. From ch. 10:19, it appears to have been situated in the angle where the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far from Gaza. Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says, from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey. There was a wood near Gerar, spoken of by Theodoret; and a brook, (ch. 26:26,) on which was a monastery, noticed by Sozomen.

10:19 26:1,6,20,26 2Ch 14:13,14

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

said. 12:11-13 26:7 2Ch 19:2 20:37 32:31 Pr 24:16 Ec 7:20 Ga 2:11,12 Eph 4:25 Col 3:9

Abimelech. 12:15 26:1,16

3 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.

a dream. 28:12 31:24 37:5,9 40:8 41:1 *etc: Job 4:12,13 33:15 Mt 1:20 2:12,13 27:19

a dead. 7 Ps 105:14 Eze 33:14,15 Jon 3:4

a man's wife. Heb. married to an husband.

4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

had. 6,18

wilt. 17,18 18:23-25 19:24 2Sa 4:11 1Ch 21:17

5 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.

in the integrity. or, simplicity, or sincerity. Jos 22:22 1Ki 9:4 2Ki 20:3 1Ch 29:17 Ps 7:8 25:21 78:72 Pr 11:3 20:7 2Co 1:12 1Th 2:10 1Ti 1:13

and innocency. Job 33:9 Ps 24:4 26:6 73:13 Da 6:22

6 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.

withheld. 18 31:7 35:5 Ex 34:24 1Sa 25:26,34 Ps 84:11 Pr 21:1 Ho 2:6,7

sinning. 39:9 Le 6:2 Ps 51:4 81:12 2Th 2:7,11

to touch. 3:3 26:11 1Co 7:1 2Co 6:17

7 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.

a prophet. The word navi, rendered a prophet, not only signifies one who foretell future events, but also an intercessor, instructor. See 1 Sa. ch. 10.

1Ki 18:1-46 1Co 14:4 The title was also given to men eminent for eloquence and literary abilities: hence Aaron, because he was the spokesman of Moses to the Egyptian king, is called a prophet.

Ex 4:16 7:1 12:1-3 18:17 7:1 1Ch 16:22 Ps 25:14 105:9-15 Heb 1:1

pray. Le 6:4,7 1Sa 7:5,8 12:19,23 2Sa 24:17 1Ki 13:6 2Ki 5:11 19:2-4 Job 42:8 Jer 14:11 15:1 27:18 Jas 5:14-16 1Jo 5:16 Re 11:5,6

surely. 18 2:17 12:17 Job 34:19 Ps 105:14 Eze 3:18 33:8,14-16 Heb 13:4

all. 12:15 Nu 16:32,33 2Sa 24:17

8 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.

9 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.

What hast. 12:18 26:10 Ex 32:21,35 Jos 7:25 1Sa 26:18,19 Pr 28:10

a great. 38:24 39:9 Le 20:10 2Sa 12:5,10,11 Ro 2:11 Heb 13:4

ought. 34:7 2Sa 13:12 Tit 1:11

10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

11 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.

Surely. 22:12 42:18 Ne 5:15 Job 1:1 28:28 Ps 14:4 36:1-4 Pr 1:7 2:5 Pr 8:13 16:6 Ro 3:18

slay. 12:12 26:7

12 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.

And yet. 11:29 12:13 1Th 5:22

she is the. Ebn Batrik, in his annals, among other ancient traditions, has preserved the following: 'Terah first married Yona, by whom he had Abraham; afterwards he married Tehevita, by whom he had Sarah.'

13 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 show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

God. 12:1,9,11 *etc: Ac 7:3-5 Heb 11:8

This. 1Sa 23:21 Ps 64:5 Ac 5:9

say. 12:13

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

took. 11 12:16

restored. 2,7 12:19,20

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

my land. 13:9 34:10 47:6

where it pleaseth thee. Heb. as is good in thine eyes.

16 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.

thy. 5 Pr 27:5

thousand. What these pieces were is not certain; but it is probable they were shekels, as it is so understood by the Targum; and the LXX. render it didrachma, by which the Hebrew shekel is rendered in ch. 23:15, 16.

behold. Or, 'behold IT (the 1000 shekels) is to thee,' etc.

26:11

a covering. 24:65

thus. 1Ch 21:3-6 Pr 9:8,9 12:1 25:12 27:5 Jon 1:6 Re 3:19

17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

7 29:31 1Sa 5:11,12 Ezr 6:10 Job 42:9,10 Pr 15:8,29 Isa 45:11 Mt 7:7 21:22 Ac 3:24 Php 4:6 1Th 5:25 Jas 5:16

18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

7 12:17 16:2 30:2 1Sa 1:6 5:10