Genesis 20:2 “Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king…”

Genesis 20:2

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

World English Bible

Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

American Standard Version

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.

Darby Translation

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Young's Literal Translation

and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

Bible in Basic English

And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

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Cross references

“said”

Genesis 26:7 Genesis 12:11–13 2 Chronicles 19:2 2 Chronicles 32:31 Proverbs 24:16 Ecclesiastes 7:20

Genesis 26:7 · BSB

But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, becaus…

Genesis 12:11–13 · BSB

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

2 Chronicles 19:2 · BSB

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

2 Chronicles 32:31 · BSB

And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Proverbs 24:16 · BSB

For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 · BSB

Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

“Abimelech”

Genesis 12:15 Genesis 26:1 Genesis 26:16

Genesis 12:15 · BSB

When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

Genesis 26:1 · BSB

Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

Genesis 26:16 · BSB

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

Also

Genesis 20:12

Genesis 20:12 · BSB

Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

3One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

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