Genesis 20:6 - Exposition

And God said unto him in a dream ,—"It is in full agreement with the nature of dreams that the communication should be made in several, and not in one single act; cf. Genesis 37:1-36 , and Genesis 41:1-57 .; Matthew 2:1-23 ." (Lange)— Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart — i.e. judged from thy moral standpoint. The words do not imply a Divine acquittal as to the essential guiltiness of the act, which is clearly involved in the instruction to seek the mediation of God's prophet ( Matthew 2:7 ). For I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her ( vide on Matthew 2:4 ).