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Selected Verse: Genesis 20:2 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 20:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And Abraham [085] said [0559] of [0413] Sarah [08283] his wife [0802], She is my sister [0269]: and Abimelech [040] king [04428] of Gerar [01642] sent [07971], and took [03947] Sarah [08283]. |
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King James |
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister--Fear of the people among whom he was, tempted him to equivocate. His conduct was highly culpable. It was deceit, deliberate and premeditated--there was no sudden pressure upon him--it was the second offense of the kind [see on Gen 12:13] --it was a distrust of God every way surprising, and it was calculated to produce injurious effects on the heathen around. Its mischievous tendency was not long in being developed.
Abimelech (father-king) . . . sent and took Sarah--to be one of his wives, in the exercise of a privilege claimed by Eastern sovereigns, already explained (see on Gen 12:15). |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
She is my sister - See the parallel account, Genesis 12 (note), and the notes there. Sarah was now about ninety years of age, and probably pregnant with Isaac. Her beauty, therefore, must have been considerably impaired since the time she was taken in a similar manner by Pharaoh, king of Egypt; but she was probably now chosen by Abimelech more on the account of forming an alliance with Abraham, who was very rich, than on account of any personal accomplishments. A petty king, such as Abimelech, would naturally be glad to form an alliance with such a powerful chief as Abraham was: we cannot but recollect his late defeat of the four confederate Canaanitish kings. See note on Gen 14:14, etc. This circumstance was sufficient to establish his credit, and cause his friendship to be courted; and what more effectual means could Abimelech use in reference to this than the taking of Sarah, who he understood was Abraham's sister, to be his concubine or second wife, which in those times had no kind of disgrace attached to it? |
15 The princes [08269] also of Pharaoh [06547] saw [07200] her, and commended [01984] her before [0413] Pharaoh [06547]: and the woman [0802] was taken [03947] into Pharaoh's [06547] house [01004].
13 Say [0559], I pray thee [04994], thou art my sister [0269]: that [04616] it may be well [03190] with me for thy sake; and my soul [05315] shall live [02421] because of thee [01558].
14 And when Abram [087] heard [08085] that his brother [0251] was taken captive [07617], he armed [07324] his trained [02593] servants, born [03211] in his own house [01004], three [07969] hundred [03967] and eighteen [06240] [08083], and pursued [07291] them unto Dan [01835].