Genesis - 20:15

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15 Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 20:15.

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And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.
and Abimelech saith, 'Lo, my land is before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'
And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.
And he said, "The land is in your sight. Dwell wherever it will please you."
Et dixit Abimelech, Ecce, terra mea coram to, in loco bono coram oculis tuis habita.

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Historical Commentaries

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And Abimelech said, behold, my whole land is before thee,.... Instead of bidding him be gone, and sending him away in haste out of his country, as the king of Egypt did in a like case, he solicits his stay in it; and to encourage him to it, makes an offer of his whole kingdom to him, to choose which part of it he would to dwell in:
dwell where it pleaseth thee; if there was anyone part of it better than another, or more convenient for him, his family and his flocks, he was welcome to it.

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