Genesis 20:7

And now return the mares wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for thee, and thou shalt live. But if thou wilt not return (her), know that dying thou shalt die, thou, and all who are thine.

Targum Onkelos

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 the Lord said to him in a dream, It is also manifest to Me that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I have also restrained thee from sinning before Me; therefore I have not permitted thee to approach to her.

8And Abimelek arose in the morning, and called all his servants, and spake all these words before them; and the men feared greatly.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17but of the tree of whose fruit they who eat know between good and evil thou shalt not eat; for in the day that thou eatest of it dying thou shalt die.

Genesis 12:17And the Lord brought upon Pharaoh great plagues, and upon the men of his house, for the affair of Sara the wife of Abram.

Exodus 4:16And he shall speak for thee with the people, and shall be thy interpreter, and thou shalt be to him a rab;

Exodus 12:1And the Lord spake to Mosheh and Aharon in the land of Mizraim, saying,

Leviticus 6:4And he shall take off his vestments, and dress himself with other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.

Numbers 16:32and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and the men of their houses; and all the men of Korach, and all their substance,

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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