And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
15. my land is before thee ] Cf. Gen 13:9, Gen 34:10.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
My land is before thee, i.e. free for thy view and choice, as Gen 13:9.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
Ver. 15. Behold, my land. ] This is the way to make a reproof work kindly, viz., to preserve still an opinion in the hearts of the reproved, that we love them nevertheless, and would do them any good.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
my land: Gen 13:9, Gen 34:10, Gen 47:6
where it pleaseth thee: Heb. as is good in thine eyes
Reciprocal: Gen 24:51 – Rebekah Gen 45:16 – it pleased Pharaoh well Gen 45:20 – the good