אֲבִימֶלֶךְ H40

Home gloss: Abimelech
Instead of (KJV / RSV): Abimelech
Note: "My father is king"; king of Gerar (20:2; 21:22–32; 26:1). See the note at 20:2
Rulings: 18

Occurrences (17)

20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his woman, "She is my sister." And Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
20:3 And Elohim came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Look, you are dead because of the woman whom you have taken, and she is owned by an owner."
20:4 And Abimelech had not drawn near to her. And he said, ", will you kill a nation, a just one too?
20:8 And Abimelech started early in the morning, and called to all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men feared very much.
20:9 And Abimelech called to Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? And what have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Deeds that are not done you have done with me."
20:10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you did this word?"
20:14 And Abimelech took flock and herd, and slaves and maids, and gave them to Abraham; and he returned to him Sarah his woman.
20:15 And Abimelech said, "Look, my land is before your face; dwell where it is good in your eyes."
20:17 And Abraham prayed to the Elohim, and Elohim healed Abimelech, and his woman, and his slave-women, and they bore.
20:18 For holding back, had held back about every womb of the house of Abimelech, on the word of Sarah, the woman of Abraham.

21:22 And it was at that time, and Abimelech and Phicol, the officer of his army, said to Abraham, saying, "With you is elohim in all that you are doing.
21:25 And Abraham set Abimelech right concerning the well of waters which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
21:25 And Abraham set Abimelech right concerning the well of waters which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
21:26 And Abimelech said, "I do not know who did this word; and also you, you did not tell me, and also I, I did not hear of it except this day."
21:27 And Abraham took flock and herd and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them cut a covenant.
21:29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What are they, these seven ewe-lambs that you have stationed alone?"
21:32 And they cut a covenant in Beersheba; and Abimelech rose, and Phicol, the officer of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.