Genesis 20: Same Song, Different Tune

Happy Fourth!  This is partly a reminder and partly a more accessible page.  This is the study page for Genesis 20 for the Thursday, July 5 group.  This chapter will sound and feel a lot like the last half of Chapter 12.  But there are differences.

I sent these bullets to you in an email, but here they are again.  As you read the chapter consider these questions, but also come up with some of your own.

• Where is the area Abraham goes located?
• What is different about how God deals with the king of Gerar as opposed to Pharaoh?
• What sort of person does God consider Abimelech?
• This Strong's word (H1166) is used in verse 3 for "married".  What do we normally think of when we hear this word? 
• This Strong's word (H0136) is used in verse 4 for how Abimelech addresses God.  What might be expected here if he is a pagan king?
• What does Abimelech do first thing after the "dream"?
• When Abimelech confronts Abraham, what is Abraham's explanation?
• Before, in Chapter 12, I posed the possibility that Abraham was shrewd, not afraid.  What does Abraham's explanation claim was his motivation?
• What does God tell Abimelech to do to fix the problem?
• From verses 16 & 17, what importance does Sarah play here?  What's the possibility that she is more than a "pawn" here?
• What is interesting in the "plague" and the timing of these events?

Hopefully you have already had a chance to go through the passage, look at a map, and get a sense of the events here.  I hope you have questions!  See you tomorrow night!