Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. - The Birth of Isaac7. Then Abimelech takes sheep, oxen, and male and female slaves and gives them to Abraham, and also to Sarah. [Today: Genesis 20] Abraham Deceives Abimelech. IV. Abraham’s intercessory prayer for Abimelech was a powerful testimony of the greatness of the One-true God. The prophet of God, the great con man, Abraham, has swindled another king. Abraham prays to God, and He lifts the plague that had affected Abimelech’s people. The statement absolved him from the charge of direct and absolute falsehood, but he had told a moral untruth because there was an intention to deceive (compare Ge 12:11-13). Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 5. Outline. We see that sin was still sin in the … ", 23. "Let us speak truth every man to his neighbor" [Zec 8:16; Eph 4:25]. God will lead you out of sin if you are truly seeking to avoid it. Abimelech gives Abraham many gifts (Gen 12.3) and Abraham prays for Abimelech. Abimelech Restores sarah to Abraham (Genesis 20:14-16) Abraham Prays for Abimelech (Genesis 20:17-18) Summary 1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar 2 Abraham denieth his wife, and loseth her 3 Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream 9 Abimelech rebuketh Abraham 14 Abimelech restoreth Sarah to Abraham 16 Abimelech reproveth Sarah 17 Abimelech is healed by Abraham's prayer. From this earlier encounter with Abraham, Abimelech had his own special insight into God’s blessing Abraham in everything that Abraham did. Here we see Abraham could not preach to Abimelech . 1 And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar. Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could have children. Though the Lord rebuke, yet he will pardon and deliver his people, and he will give them favour in the sight of those with whom they sojourn; and overrule their infirmities, when they are humbled for them, so that they shall prove useful to themselves and others.Barnes' Notes on the BibleThese verses record the fact of Abraham's intercession for Abimelek, and explain in what sense he was on the point of dying (Genesis 20:3). Before considering the prayers of these three great patriarchs, it might be helpful to discuss the parameters used to determine what is meant by a The thoroughly distinctive character of this event is a decisive proof of the fallacy of any such critical conjecture. At the same time, God defends Abraham even in the midst of this moral failure. Then Abraham prays, and God heals Abimelech and his household. Matthew Poole's Commentary No text from Poole on this verse. As The Pulpit Commentary suggests, probably a sickness that was known to cause infertility had broken out in the king's palace. Abraham prays for the king so that he will be forgiven, and leaves now a richer man. 18 For The Lord had caused all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham’s wife, Sarah. He speaks directly to Sarah, saying that he has given Abraham 1000 pieces of silver for her exoneration and vindication. מלל mı̂lēl "speak," an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. The first episode appears in Genesis 12:10–20. 17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children. healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. In king Abimelech we meet with a totally different character from that of Pharaoh. Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 14:37 | Recorded on May 16, 2017. (14-18) Abimelech’s gift recompenses Sarah, and Abraham prays for him. Abraham lies to Abimelech about Sarah, and Abimelech takes her. He takes numerous gifts to Abraham and asks him to pray for his family. This precedes, we observe, his possession of even a foot-breadth of the soil, and is long antecedent to the entrance of his descendants as conquerors into the land of promise.Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary12. באר שׁבע beêr-sheba‛, Beer-sheba', "well of seven. 1. Abraham prays for Abimelech, and he is forgiven. Then Abraham prays for Abimelech, his wife and his concubines, and they are healed of their infertility. (Genesis 20:17) And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.