So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
What does Genesis 20:17 mean?
We often trouble ourselves, and even are led into temptation and sin, by groundless suspicions; and find the fear of God where we expected it not.
Key themes
HopeAnxiety and fearSuffering and trialsCreation
Read with
Keep this verse inside Genesis 20:17-18 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Related topics
Glossary
- Abraham Person
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Father of a multitude, son of Terah, named ( Gen. 11:27 ) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises.
- Abimelech Person
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My father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian kings. (1. ) The Philistine king of Gerar in the time of Abraham ( Gen. 20:1-18 ).