14 Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants e , and gave them to Abraham , and restored his wife Sarah to him. 15 Abimelech said , " Behold , my land is before you; settle wherever you please e ." 16 To Sarah he said , "Behold , I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver ; behold , it is your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared ." 17 Abraham prayed to God , and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids , so that they bore children. 18 For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because e of Sarah , Abraham's wife .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 20:14-18
Commentary on Genesis 20:14-18
(Read Genesis 20:14-18)
We often trouble ourselves, and even are led into temptation and sin, by groundless suspicions; and find the fear of God where we expected it not. Agreements to deceive generally end in shame and sorrow; and restraints from sin, though by suffering, should be thankfully acknowledged. Though the Lord rebuke, yet he will pardon and deliver his people, and he will give them favour in the sight of those with whom they sojourn; and overrule their infirmities, when they are humbled for them, so that they shall prove useful to themselves and others.