Genesis 20

Treated in 4 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 20:3 But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream. "You are as good as dead," he told him, "because of the woman you have taken. She already has a husband." 1
  • 20:6 God answered him in the dream, "Yes, I know you acted with an honest heart, and it was I who held you back from sinning against me, and so I gave you no chance to touch her. 1
  • 20:7 Now give the man back his wife. He is a prophet, and he will pray for you so that you live. But if you do not return her, know for certain that death awaits you and everyone who belongs to you." 1
  • 20:11 Abraham answered, "I told myself that nobody here feared God, and that they would kill me to get my wife. 1

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Where it is preached

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Gen 20: 6

    …grace upon us. As he said to Abimelech, ‘I withheld thee from sinning against me.’ Gen 20: 6. So he has withheld us from those sins which might have made us a prey to Satan, and a…

  2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 17 — Use to Be Made of the Doctrine of Providence cites Gen. 20:3

    …restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that art thine,” (Gen. 20:3, 7). You see that, by the first announcement, he makes a deep impression on his mind…

  3. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Of the necessity and benefit of intercession, considered as an exercise of universal love. How all orders of men are to pray and intercede with God for one another. How naturally such intercession amends and reforms the hearts of those that use it cites Gen. xx. 7

    …concerning Abraham: "He is a prophet; he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live." [Gen. xx. 7] And again, how he said of Job, "And my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I…

  4. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    The Great Duty of Family Religion cites Gen. 20:11

    …tempted to say as Abraham to Abimilech, “Surely, the fear of God is not in this place?” Gen. 20:11. How such a general neglect of family-religion first began to overspread the Christian…