Genesis 20:5 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

Abraham's sojourn at Gerar, Sarah is taken by AbimelechCrooked policy will not prosper: it brings ourselves and others into danger. God gives Abimelech notice of his danger of sin, and his danger of death for his...

Thompson Chains

InnocenceSee the chain from Psalms 19:13 · 4 links

Cross References

1 Kings 9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
Psalms 7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Joshua 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
2 Kings 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
Job 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Psalms 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Psalms 26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Psalms 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psalms 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Daniel 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
1 Thessalonians 2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
1 Timothy 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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Topics

Abimelech 1. King of Gerar
Abraham Lives in Gerar
Condescension of God Warns Abimelech in a dream
Cowardice Abraham, in calling his wife his sister
Falsehood In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham’s wife
God Protecting Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech
Heathen Abimelech
Ignorance Sins of Ignorance
Philistines Abimelech I
Sarah Abraham represents her as his sister, and Abimelech, king of Gerar, takes her; she is restored to Abraham by means of a dream
Sincerity Does not exempt from guilt

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1986–1859 BC · Sarah

Hebrew and Strong’s

Said אָמַר ʾāmar אָמַר Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
he not unto me, She הֲלֹא hălōʾ Negative · with question הוּא hûʾ הוּא Pronoun · third person masculine singular
my sister לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular אֲחֹתִי ʾăḥōtî אָחוֹת Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
and she הִוא hiwʾ הוּא Pronoun · third person feminine singular
even גַם gam גַּם Adverb
she וְהִיא wĕhîʾ הוּא Pronoun · third person feminine singular · with and הִוא hiwʾ הוּא Pronoun · third person feminine singular
herself said אָמְרָה ʾāmĕrâ אָמַר Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
He is my brother אָחִי ʾāḥî אָח Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
in the integrity בְּתָם bĕtām תֹּם Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
of my heart לְבָבִי lĕbābî לֵבָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
and innocency וּבְנִקְיֹן ûbĕniqyōn נִקָּיוֹן Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, preposition
of my hands כַּפַּי kappay כַּף Noun · feminine dual construct · with suffix: first person common singular
have I done עָשִׂיתִי ʿāśîtî עָשָׂה Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular זֹאת zōʾt Pronoun

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