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Genesis 20:5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 20 · verse 5
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.Genesis 20:5 · King James Version
Genesis 20:5 in context
3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
5Said 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.
6And 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.
7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- integritytômcompletenessH8537 →
- innocencyniqqâyôwnclearnessH5356 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- sisterʼâchôwtha sister , literally and figuratively)H269 →
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
- handskaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
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It appears by this that God revealed himself by dreams (which evidenced themselves to be divine and supernatural) not only to his servants the prophets, but even to those who were out of the pale of the church and covenant;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-7