Genesis 20:13

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11 And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely ^athe fear of God is not in this place; and ^bthey will kill me on account of my wife.

12 But indeed ^ashe is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

13 And it came to pass, when ^aGod caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, ^bsay of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

14 Then Abimelech ^atook sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him.

15 And Abimelech said, “See, ^amy land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”

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Genesis 20:13

When God caused me to wander - Here the word Elohim is used with a plural verb, ( hithu , caused me to wander), which is not very usual in the Hebrew language, as this plural noun is generally joined with verbs in the singular number. Because there is a departure from the general mode in this instance, some have contended that the word Elohim signifies princes in this place, and suppose it to refer to those in Chaldea, who expelled Abraham because he would not worship the fire; but the best critics, and with them the Jews, allow that Elohim here signifies the true God. Abraham probably refers to his first call.

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