E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 20:11
thought. Hebrew. said : i.e. said [to myself ]. slay me. Showing how his fears were worked upon by the enemy. See Genesis 20:2 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 20:12
sister. The daughter of Terah by another wife (than Abraham's mother): therefore, Abraham's half-sister. See App-29 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 20:13
caused. The verb is in the plural. kindness. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). Kindness put for the kind deeds caused by it. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 20:14
and. Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 20:7
"Now therefore restore the man's 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 die, thou, and all that are thine.""For he is a prophet ..." "This is the first time that the word prophet appears in the Scripture,"[8] and we are unwilling to assign any lesser meaning of this term here than the meaning usually understood in the term throughout the Bible. The critical allegation that "prophet" was a term that did... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 20:8-10
"And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against 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. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?"Here Abraham received a just rebuke from a... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 20:11-13
"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. And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife: 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."Abraham here offered a three-fold... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 20:14-16
"And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and man-servants, and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife. And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and in respect of all thou art righted."What a marvelous difference in the treatment of Abraham here as compared to what... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 20:7
Genesis 20:7. 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 Houbigant remarks, that, as it is added, he shall pray for thee, the word prophet contains the idea of a person acceptable to God, who can ask and obtain favours for men. In Exodus 7:1 a prophet is a person who speaks for another as his interpreter, as his mouth. The foretelling of... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 20:10
sawest thou = hadst thou seen. read more