Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said,.... In defence of himself, as well as he could:

because I thought; within himself, concluding from the general depravity of the Canaanites, that this was the case of the…

- 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 future,…

And Abraham said - The best excuse he could make for his conduct, which in this instance is far from defensible.

Abimelech, being thus warned of God in a dream, takes the warning, and, as one truly afraid of sin and its consequences, he rises early to obey the directions given him.

I. He has a caution for his…

Because I thought Lit. "I said": see note on Gen 18:17.

Surely the fear of God Abraham's defence is that he assumed a heathen people did not fear God; and, therefore, would not be afraid of any Divine…