Genesis 20:7

So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.

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In The King James Version

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

In Context

6And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

8So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.

Genesis 12:17And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Exodus 4:16And he will do the talking for you to the people: he will be to you as a mouth and you will be to him as God.

Exodus 12:1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

Leviticus 6:4\6:11\Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.

Numbers 16:32And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 20:4-8

3 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. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord , wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 5 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. 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy… Read the whole commentary →

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