Verse 2
Genesis 20:2
Young's Literal Translation
2
and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל שָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ אֲחֹ֣תִ/י הִ֑וא וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּרָ֔ר וַ/יִּקַּ֖ח אֶת שָׂרָֽה
English Translation
And Abraham said to Sarah his wife, "She is my sister," and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
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Chapter 20 Context
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And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shu...
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and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth...
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And God (Elohim) cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Lo, thou [art]...
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And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, 'Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou s...
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hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brot...
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And God (Elohim) saith unto him in the dream, 'Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy h...
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and now send back the man's wife, for he [is] inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; an...
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And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these...
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and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, 'What hast thou done to us? and what have I sin...
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Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'
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And Abraham saith, 'Because I said, 'Surely the fear of God (Elohim) is not in this place, and they...
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and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she bec...
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and it cometh to pass, when God (Elohim) hath caused me to wander from my father's house, that I say...
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And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth...
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and Abimelech saith, 'Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'
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and to Sarah he hath said, 'Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to the...
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And Abraham prayeth unto God (Elohim), and God (Elohim) healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his hand...
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for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abrah...
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