Matthew Poole Commentary - Genesis 20:9

Matthew Poole Commentary - Genesis 20:9 - 20:9

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Genesis 20:9 - 20:9

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

20:1 - 20:1
20:2 - 20:2
20:3 - 20:3
20:4 - 20:4
20:5 - 20:5
20:6 - 20:6
20:7 - 20:7
20:8 - 20:8
20:9 - 20:9
20:10 - 20:10
20:11 - 20:11
20:12 - 20:12
20:13 - 20:13
20:14 - 20:14
20:15 - 20:15
20:16 - 20:16
20:17 - 20:17
20:18 - 20:18

What hast thou done unto us? How great a danger hast thou exposed us to!

A great sin: even the heathens, who thought fornication harmless, judge adultery to be a very great and heinous crime. See Gen_38:24 Lev_20:10 Eze_16:38 23:45,47. Or, a great punishment, as this word is oft used; which seems better to answer to his offending Abraham now mentioned.