Genesis 20:7

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”

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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

6God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning ·deviating (from the standard goal)· against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.

8Abimelech [My father king] rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day + 2:17 This is an example of yom being used as an indefinite day in the future. What type of death was God making reference to? that you eat of it, you will surely have death.”

Genesis 12:17Adonai afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai [Mockery], Avram [Exalted father]’s wife.

Exodus 4:16He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

Exodus 12:1Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], saying,

Leviticus 6:4+ 6:4. Lev 6:4 (Lev 6:1-7; Ex 22:1-4, OU487) [Heb Bible Lev 5:23 (Lev 5:20-26)] (#8.492): T. To completely restore the items(s) which another took by robbery to the original owner and add a fifth to it / R. Return the robbed object or its value then it shall be, if he has sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)·, and is condemned guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, (Maftir ·Conclusion·)

Numbers 16:32The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, all of Korach [Bald one, Frost]’s men, and all 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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