Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

(Geneva Bible) - And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is (*) before thee; dwell where it pleaseth thee.
(*) Or, is at thy commandment.

Genesis 20:14

And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

(Geneva Bible) - Then took Abimelech sheep and beeves, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

Genesis 20:13

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This [is] thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He [is] my brother.

(Geneva Bible) - Now when God caused me to wander out of my father’s house, I said then to her, This is thy kindness that thou shalt shew unto me in all places where we come, (*) Say thou of me, He is my brother.

*Genesis 12:13

Genesis 20:12

And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

(Geneva Bible) - Yet in very deed she is my (m) sister, for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife;
(m) By sister, he meaneth his cousin germane, and by daughter, Abraham's niece, Genesis 11:29; for
so the Hebrews use these words.

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for [on account of] my wife's sake.




(Geneva Bible) - Then Abraham answered, Because I thought thus, Surely the (l) fear of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
(l) He sheweth that no honesty can be hoped for, where the fear of God is not.

Genesis 20:10

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

(Geneva Bible) - So Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this
thing?

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee [how have I sinned against thee], that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

(Geneva Bible) - Afterward Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? And what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my (k) kingdom this great sin? Thou hast done things unto me that ought not to be done.
(k) The wickedness of the King bringeth God's wrath upon the whole realm

Genesis 20:8

Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore [very] afraid.

(Geneva Bible) - hen Abimelech rising up early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things (*) unto them, and the men were sore afraid.
(*) Hebrew: in their ears.

Genesis 20:7

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.

(Geneva Bible) - Now then deliver the man his wife again, for he is a (h) Prophet, and he (i) shall pray for thee, that thou mayest live; but if thou deliver her not again, be sure that thou shalt die the death, thou, and all that thou hast.
(h) That is, one, to whom God revealeth himself familiarly.
(i) For the prayer of the godly is of force towards God.

Genesis 20:6

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

(Geneva Bible) - And God said unto him by a dream, I know that thou didst this even with an upright mind, and I (g) kept thee also that thou shouldest not sin against me; therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
(g) God by his holy Spirit retaineth them that offend by ignorance, that they fall not into greater
inconvenience.

Genesis 20:5

Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity [innocence] of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

(Geneva Bible) - Said not he unto me, She is my sister? Yea, and she herself said, He is my brother; with an upright (e) mind, and (f) innocent hands have I done this.
(e) As one falling by ignorance, and not doing evil of purpose.
(f) Not thinking to do any man harm

Genesis 20:4

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

(Geneva Bible) - (Notwithstanding Abimelech had not yet come near her) And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even (d) the righteous nation?
(d) The infidels confessed that God would not punish but for just occasion; therefore, whensoever he
punisheth, the occasion is just.

Genesis 20:3

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 [lit. "married to a husband"].

(Geneva Bible) - But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, (c)
thou art but dead, because of the woman, which thou hast taken, for she is a man’s wife.
(c) So greatly God detesteth the breach of marriage.

Genesis 20:2

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

(Geneva Bible) - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, (b) She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
(b) Abraham had now twice fallen into this fault; such is man's frailty.

Genesis 20:1

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

(Geneva Bible) - Afterward Abraham departed thence toward the South country, and dwelled between Kadesh and (a) Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
(a) Which was toward Egypt.

Genesis 19:38

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

(Geneva Bible) - And the younger bare a son also, and she called his name (t) Ben-ammi; the same is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
(t) That is, son of my people; signifying that they rather rejoiced in their sin, than repented for the
same.

Genesis 19:37

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this day.

(Geneva Bible) - And the elder bare a son, and she called his name Moab; the same is the father of the (s) Moabites unto this day.
(s) Who as they were born in most horrible incest, so were they and their posterity vile and wicked.

Genesis 19:36

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

(Geneva Bible) - Thus were (r) both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
(r) Thus God permitted him to fall most horribly in the solitary mountains, whom the wickedness of
Sodom could not overcome.