--- title: "Bullinger" description: "south = the Negeb. See Genesis 12:9 ; Genesis 13:1 . said. Abraham" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/genesis/20" --- ![Bullinger](/images/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes.jpg) The Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes Include 66 books Denomination: dispensationalism GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong Of SolomonIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 **south** = the *Negeb.* See [Genesis 12:9](../../../kjv/genesis/12/9) ; [Genesis 13:1](../../../kjv/genesis/13/1) . **said.** Abraham's expedient = the next assault on Abraham in the Great Conflict for the destruction of the promised seed of the woman ([Genesis 3:15](../../../kjv/genesis/3/15) ). See App-23 . God had to intervene ([Genesis 20:3](../../../kjv/genesis/20/3) ), for man could know nothing of it. Abraham's fear shown in [Genesis 20:11](../../../kjv/genesis/20/11) . **my sister** = half-sister. See note on [Genesis 20:12](../../../kjv/genesis/20/12) and App-29 . **Abimelech.** Hebrew. *Father-king.* The official title of the kings of Gerar (Compare [Genesis 26:1](../../../kjv/genesis/26/1) ), like Pharaoh in Egypt. **took.** See note on [Genesis 21:7](../../../kjv/genesis/21/7) . In Sarah's conception God must have renewed her youth, for she nursed Isaac ([Genesis 21:7](../../../kjv/genesis/21/7) ). **dream.** 20 recorded in Scripture (see App-10 ). [Genesis 20:3](../../../kjv/genesis/20/3) ; [Genesis 28:12](../../../kjv/genesis/28/12) ; [Genesis 31:10](../../../kjv/genesis/31/10) , [Genesis 31:24](../../../kjv/genesis/31/24) ; [Genesis 37:5](../../../kjv/genesis/37/5) , [Genesis 37:9](../../../kjv/genesis/37/9) ; [Genesis 40:5](../../../kjv/genesis/40/5) , [Genesis 40:6](../../../kjv/genesis/40/6) ; [Genesis 41:1](../../../kjv/genesis/41/1) , [Genesis 41:5](../../../kjv/genesis/41/5) , [Genesis 41:5](../../../kjv/genesis/41/5) .[Judges 7:13](../../../kjv/judges/7/13) . [1 Kings 3:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/3/5) .[Daniel 2:3](../../../kjv/daniel/2/3) ; [Daniel 4:5](../../../kjv/daniel/4/5) ; [Daniel 7:1](../../../kjv/daniel/7/1) .[Matthew 1:20](../../../kjv/matthew/1/20) ; [Matthew 2:12](../../../kjv/matthew/2/12) , [Matthew 2:13](../../../kjv/matthew/2/13) , [Matthew 2:19](../../../kjv/matthew/2/19) ; [Matthew 27:19](../../../kjv/matthew/27/19) . **man . . . for.** Figure of speech *Aposiopesis,* or "sudden silence". We must supply "If thou dost not restore her"; or "I will slay thee". See verses: [Genesis 20:4](../../../kjv/genesis/20/4) and [Genesis 20:7](../../../kjv/genesis/20/7) . **LORD*** = Jehovah. One of the 134 emendations of the Sopherim. See App-32 . **also,** i.e. as well as Sodom and Gomorrah, [Genesis 19](../../../kjv/genesis/19) . **nation.** Abimelech evidently expected God to slay the whole nation. **I also withheld.** Divine intervention needed. Compare [Genesis 20:2](../../../kjv/genesis/20/2) . Note the emphatic pronouns. See App-23 . **sinning.** See App-44 . **touch.** Here is the Hebrew word *naga* = touch, used in a clear understandable sense as it is used in [Genesis 3:3](../../../kjv/genesis/3/3) , "neither shall ye *touch* it". See note on [Genesis 3:3](../../../kjv/genesis/3/3) . **prophet.** First occ, showing that prediction is only a small part of its meaning = God's spokesman. Here, it is *prayer* (compare [Exodus 4:16](../../../kjv/exodus/4/16) with [Exodus 7:1](../../../kjv/exodus/7/1) ), and prayer is associated with prophesying, i.e. *witnessing* ([1 Corinthians 11:5](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/11/5) ). **What.** Figure of speech *Aganactesis.* **sin.** Hebrew. *chat'a.* See App-44 . **sawest thou** = hadst thou seen. **thought.** Hebrew. *said* : i.e. said [to myself ]. **slay me.** Showing how his fears were worked upon by the enemy. See [Genesis 20:2](../../../kjv/genesis/20/2) . **sister.** The daughter of Terah by another wife (than Abraham's mother): therefore, Abraham's half-sister. See App-29 . **caused.** The verb is in the plural. kindness. Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause). Kindness put for the kind *deeds* caused by it. **and.** Figure of speech *Polysyndeton.* App-6 . **brother.** Figure of speech *Irony.* **covering, &c.** Figure of speech *Periphrasis.* App-6 . Having called Abraham her "brother", he uses this beautiful Figure for her husband. Compare [Genesis 24:65](../../../kjv/genesis/24/65) . 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