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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 20:8

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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20:8-10 Abraham had earned rebukes from Abimelech and from God (cp. 12:17-19). Abimelech was angry that Abraham’s deception had made him guilty of this great sin (see study note on 20:3-7). He knew that taking a married woman into his harem was wrong.
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