Verse 2
Genesis 20:2
Literal Standard Version
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and Abraham says concerning his wife Sarah, “She is my sister”; and Abimelech king of Gerar sends and takes 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 journeys from there toward the land of the south, and dwells between Kadesh and Shur, an...
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and Abraham says concerning his wife Sarah, “She is my sister”; and Abimelech king of Gerar sends an...
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And God (Elohim) comes to Abimelech in a dream of the night and says to him, “Behold, you are a dead...
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And Abimelech has not drawn near to her, and he says, “Lord, do you also slay a righteous nation?
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Has he not himself said to me, She is my sister! And she, even she herself, said, He is my brother;...
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And God (Elohim) says to him in the dream, “Indeed, I have known that in the integrity of your heart...
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and now send back the man’s wife, for he is inspired, and he prays for you, and you live; and if you...
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And Abimelech rises early in the morning, and calls for all his servants, and speaks all these words...
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and Abimelech calls for Abraham and says to him, “What have you done to us? And what have I sinned a...
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Abimelech also says to Abraham, “What have you seen that you have done this thing?”
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And Abraham says, “Because I said, Surely the fear of God (Elohim) is not in this place, and they ha...
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and also, she is truly my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she bec...
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and it comes to pass, when God (Elohim) has caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I say t...
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And Abimelech takes sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gives to Abraham, and sends back...
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and Abimelech says, “Behold, my land is before you, where it is good in your eyes, dwell”;
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and to Sarah he has said, “Behold, I have given one thousand pieces of silver to your brother; behol...
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And Abraham prays to God (Elohim), and God (Elohim) heals Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids,...
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for YHWH restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’...
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