Study it in the app“Then Elohim said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this; and I also kept back you from sinning against me; that is why I did not let you touch her.”
Then Elohimוַ הָאֱלֹהִיםsaidיֹּאמֶרto himאֵלָיוin the dream,בַּחֲלֹם“Yes,גַּםIאָנֹכִיknowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיin the integrityבְתָםof your heartלְבָבְךָyou have doneעָשִׂיתָthis;זֹּאתandוָIאָנֹכִיalsoגַּםkept backאֶחְשֹׂךְyouאוֹתְךָfrom sinningמֵחֲטוֹagainst me;לִיthat is whyעַל כֵּןI did notלֹאlet youנְתַתִּיךָtouchלִנְגֹּעַher.אֵלֶיהָ
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appearsintegrity
Living uprightly, with pure intent.
Where else “tam” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsrestrain
To curb something, like the tongue, or stop someone.
Where else “echsoch” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chato” appearslet
To let something happen.
Where else “netati” appearstouch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “negoa” appears5Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she, she too said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and in the innocence of my hands I have done this.”
6 · This verse (above)
7Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will surely die, you and all who are yours.”
1. What it says
What did Abraham say about Sarah in front of Abimelech, and how did Elohim step in (vv. 2-3)?
2. What it means
What does Elohim say about Abimelech’s integrity of heart, and how does he deal with him (vv. 5-6)?
3. How I live it
How can you be honest today, even when fear tempts you to hide the truth?
