Genesis 20:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Withheld

Sinning

2 Thessalonians 2:7

To touch

Bible References

Withheld

For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to hurt me.

As they journeyed, there was

a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

For I will

drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.

“Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory;

No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it wherever He wishes.

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

Sinning

There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?”

“When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lord, and deceives his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his companion,

Against You, You only, I have sinned

And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.

“So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in their own devices.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

To touch

but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.

So Abimelech charged all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

“Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
“And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will welcome you.