But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
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Gill's Exposition
But Abimelech had not come near her,.... Sarah had been put into an apartment in his palace, and not yet admitted into his company, not at least to his bed; he had not lain with her, which is 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,…
It appears by this that God revealed himself by dreams (which evidenced themselves to be divine and supernatural) not only to his servants the prophets, but even to those who were out of the pale of…
Cambridge Bible
a righteous nation Abimelech appeals to the instinct of justice, that God will not punish the innocent, as if they were guilty. Cf. Gen 18:23.
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