Category: Genesis Chapter 20
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When You Cannot Preach, You Can Still Pray – Genesis 20:17-18
Genesis 20:17, 18So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife. This is such a gracious turn in the story. Abraham had not exactly put…
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A Covering, Not a Coward – Genesis 20:16
Genesis 20:16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. There is a sting in Abimelech’s words, and I think Abraham felt it. Notice…
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Impressed by God – Genesis 20:14-15
Genesis 20:14, 15And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. Abimelech does not respond this way because Abraham had been so noble, steady, or admirable. Abraham had not…
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A Planned Compromise – Genesis 20:13
Genesis 20:13And 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 shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. This verse makes it even more sobering. Abraham was not…
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Because I Thought – Genesis 20:7-12
Genesis 20:7-12… and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him,…
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Still His Prophet – Genesis 20:7
Genesis 20:7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live… This is one of the most surprising verses in the whole story. If there was ever a moment when you would think God might distance Himself from Abraham, it would be here.…
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Integrity Matters – Genesis 20:4-6
Genesis 20:4-6But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. And God…
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Same Old Sin – Genesis 20:2-3
Genesis 20:2-3And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.…
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Still a Sojourner – Genesis 20:1
Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Abraham is on the move once again. That is worth noticing because he has just come through a heavy season. He had interceded for Sodom. He had seen judgment fall. He had looked out and…