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Genesis 20:15

Genesis 20:15
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Abimelech said, behold, my whole land is before thee,.... Instead of bidding him be gone, and sending him away in haste out of his country, as the king of Egypt did in a like case, he solicits his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 20:1-18

- 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,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 20:14-18

Here is, I. The kindness of a prince which Abimelech showed to Abraham. See how unjust Abraham's jealousies were. He fancied that if they knew that Sarah was his wife they would kill him; but, when…

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