Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night and said to him, ‘You will die, because of the woman you have taken, for she is married.

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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.

In Context

2where he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

4But Abimelech had not come near her; so he said, Lord, will you slay an innocent people?

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Cross References

Genesis 28:12Then he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and the messengers of God were going up and down on it.

Genesis 37:5Joseph also had a dream and told it to his brothers, and they hated him still more.

Genesis 40:5Meanwhile the king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, both had dreams the same night, each with a particular meaning.

Genesis 41:1Two years later Pharaoh had a dream: as he stood by the Nile,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 20:2-3

Abraham's Denial of His Wife. ( b. c. 1898.) 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Here is, 1. Abraham's removal from Mamre, where he had lived nearly twenty years, into the country of the Philistines: He sojourned in Gerar, v. 1 . We are not told upon what occasion he removed, whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or… Read the whole commentary →

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