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Genesis 20:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And 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.


Genesis 20:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 20:624 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָ֨י/וʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֜יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בַּ/חֲלֹ֗םbaḥălōm
in a dreampronH2472
גַּ֣םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אָנֹכִ֤יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙yādaʿətiy
I knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
כִּ֤יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בְ/תָםbətām
in the integrity ofpronH8537
integrity · perfect · simplicity · upright(-ly ···
לְבָבְ/ךָ֙ləbābəkā
heart yournounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
עָשִׂ֣יתָʿāśiytā
you didverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
זֹּ֔אתzōʾt
thisprepH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
וָ/אֶחְשֹׂ֧ךְwāʾeḥəśōkə
and I have restrainedconjH2820
darken · forbear · hinder · hold back ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אָנֹכִ֛יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
אֽוֹתְ/ךָ֖ʾwōtəkā
youparticleH853
מֵ/חֲטוֹmēḥăṭwō
from sinningpronH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
לִ֑/יliy
pron
עַלʿal
there-pronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֥ןkēn
-foreparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נְתַתִּ֖י/ךָnətatiykā
I have permitted youverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לִ/נְגֹּ֥עַlinəgōʿa
to touchpronH5060
bring · cast · come · draw near ···
אֵלֶֽי/הָʾēleyhā
herpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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God Protected Abimelech
God tells Abimelech in a dream that He protected him from sinning with Sarah - kept him from touching her. God intervened to preserve Abimelech's innocence. There's something about God protecting peo...
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