Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Genesis 20:4 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Genesis 20:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 20 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?”
Genesis 20:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 20:4
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contrast bet...
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Cross-References for Genesis 20:4
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“when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed”
“Isn't it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep”
“and said”
“Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;”
“and his wife”
“Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.,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.,וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָאֱלֹהִים בַּחֲלֹם גַּם אָנֹכִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי בְתָם־לְבָבְךָ עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת וָאֶחְשֹׂךְ גַּם־אָנֹכִי אוֹתְךָ מֵחֲטוֹ־לִי עַל־כֵּן לֹא־נְתַתִּיךָ לִנְגֹּעַ אֵלֶיהָ׃ ,And God said unto him in the dream: Yea”