Genesis 20:11
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
יִרְאָה
is the fear of
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יִרְאָה
Fear, reverence, holy awe. Yirah. The proper response to encountering the living God. It leads to wisdom, obedience and life.
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רַק
certainly
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רַק
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
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