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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
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Intertextuality Pair

Psalm 105:15 → Genesis 20:6-7

Allusion

Later text

Psalm 105:15BSB

"Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!"

Earlier text

Genesis 20:6-7BSB

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, "Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her. Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you."

Significance

Psalm 105:15 summarizes the patriarchal narratives with the divine command "Do not touch My anointed ones (מְשִׁיחָי, meshichay)! Do no harm to My prophets (נְבִיאָי, nevi'ay)!" — language that draws directly on Genesis 20:6-7, where God calls Abraham a נָבִיא (navi', "prophet") and physically intervenes to prevent Abimelech from touching Sarah. The psalmist retrospectively applies the term "anointed" to the patriarchs, a designation not used in the Genesis narrative itself, elevating their status within Israel's worship memory. This poetic retelling reframes the Abimelech incident as paradigmatic of God's sovereign protection of His covenant bearers during their vulnerable sojourning among foreign kings (Ps 105:12-14).

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme