Departed Dwelled Dwelleth Dwelt Foreigner Gerar Journeyed Journeyeth Kadash Kadesh Negeb Negev Region Settled Shur Sojourned Sojourneth South Stayed Territory Thence Towards Traveled
20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and {a} Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
(a) Which was toward Egypt.
20:1 And Abraham sojourned in Gerar - We are not told upon what occasion he removed, whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or, as some of the Jewish writers say, because he was grieved at Lot's incest with his daughters, and the reproach which the Canaanites cast upon him for his kinsman's sake. The king of Gerar sent and took her - To his house, in order to the taking of her to his bed.
20:1-8 Crooked policy will not prosper: it brings ourselves and others into danger. God gives Abimelech notice of his danger of sin, and his danger of death for his sin. Every wilful sinner is a dead man, but Abimelech pleads ignorance. If our consciences witness, that, however we may have been cheated into a snare, we have not knowingly sinned against God, it will be our rejoicing in the day of evil. It is matter of comfort to those who are honest, that God knows their honesty, and will acknowledge it. It is a great mercy to be hindered from committing sin; of this God must have the glory. But if we have ignorantly done wrong, that will not excuse us, if we knowingly persist in it. He that does wrong, whoever he is, prince or peasant, shall certainly receive for the wrong which he has done, unless he repent, and, if possible, make restitution.
Abraham Country Departed Dwelled Dwelleth Dwelt Foreigner Gerar Journeyed Kadesh Moved Negeb Negev Region Settled Shur Sojourned Sojourneth South Territory Thence Towards Traveled Way
Abraham Country Departed Dwelled Dwelleth Dwelt Foreigner Gerar Journeyed Kadesh Moved Negeb Negev Region Settled Shur Sojourned Sojourneth South Territory Thence Towards Traveled Way
