Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
Cross-references
In Genesis 20:7, God reveals Abimelech's prophetic status, which frames the divine communication here as prophetic.
Genesis 31:24 shows God warning Laban in a dream not to harm Jacob — the same pattern of God intervening by night to protect someone through a dream.
Job 33:15 states God speaks in dreams and visions, directly describing the same divine communication method.
In Psalm 105:14, God likewise warns others not to harm His anointed ones, reflecting His protective declaration over Abraham here.
In Matthew 1:20, an angel warns Joseph in a dream, a typological echo of God's protective dream-warning.
In Matthew 2:13, Joseph is warned in a dream to flee, a typological parallel to this divine dream-warning.
In Matthew 27:19, Pilate's wife receives a dream-warning about Jesus, a parallel instance of a cautionary dream.
In 2 Samuel 12:10, David faces judgment for taking another man's wife. Both passages show God pronouncing death/judgment on someone who has taken a married woman.
In 1 Chronicles 16:21, God 'rebuked kings' to protect His chosen ones. Abimelech's dream-warning illustrates exactly this — a foreign king rebuked for Sarah's sake.
In Numbers 22:9, God comes to Balaam — a non-Israelite — just as He comes to Abimelech here. Both are Gentiles whom God directly addresses with a warning or question.
In Matthew 2:12, the Magi are divinely warned in a dream not to return, echoing this protective dream-warning.
Job 4:13 describes night visions and deep sleep, a parallel setting for receiving divine messages as seen here.