Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her. New Living Translation Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace. English Standard Version And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. Berean Standard Bible Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. King James Bible And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. New King James Version Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. New American Standard Bible And Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent men and took Sarah. NASB 1995 Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. NASB 1977 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. Legacy Standard Bible And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. Amplified Bible Abraham said [again] of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah [into his harem]. Christian Standard Bible Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. Holman Christian Standard Bible Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. American Standard Version And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Abraham said about Sara his wife, “She is my sister” and Abimelek the King of Gadar sent and he took Sara. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha. Contemporary English Version he told everyone that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. Douay-Rheims Bible And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Oerara sent, and took her. English Revised Version And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. GOD'S WORD® Translation Abraham told everyone that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar sent men to take Sarah. Good News Translation he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. International Standard Version because Abraham kept saying about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister," King Abimelech of Gerar summoned them and took Sarah into his household. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: 'She is my sister.' And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Literal Standard Version and Abraham says concerning his wife Sarah, “She is my sister”; and Abimelech king of Gerar sends and takes Sarah. Majority Standard Bible Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. New American Bible Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah. NET Bible Abraham said about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. New Revised Standard Version Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” And King Abimelech of Gerar sent and took Sarah. New Heart English Bible Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's Literal Translation and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar, 2Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. 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.”… Cross References Genesis 12:11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman, Genesis 12:13 Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared." Genesis 12:15 When Pharaoh's officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh. Genesis 20:12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father--though not the daughter of my mother--and she became my wife. Genesis 21:22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do. Genesis 26:1 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 26:7 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, because she is so beautiful." Treasury of Scripture And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. said. Genesis 12:11-13 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: … Genesis 26:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. 2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. Abimelech. Genesis 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. Genesis 26:1,16 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar… Jump to Previous Abimelech Abim'elech Abraham Gerar Sarah Sister WifeJump to Next Abimelech Abim'elech Abraham Gerar Sarah Sister WifeGenesis 20 1. Abraham sojourns at Gerar.2. Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. 3. Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. 9. He rebukes Abraham. 14. Restores Sarah; 16. and reproves her. 17. Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. (2) She is my sister.--Twenty years before, Abraham had acted in the same way in Egypt, and Pharaoh had rebuked him, but sent him away with large presents. We learn from this chapter, Genesis 20:13, that the false representation which twice brought them into trouble was habitual with the two; nor does Abraham ever seem conscious that he was acting in it wrongfully. To us it seems cowardly, in one who had so many men trained to battle, thus to expose his wife to danger; and to have recourse to deceit, at the very time when such abundant revelations were being made to him, also shows an apparent want of faith in God. But Holy Scripture neither represents its heroes as perfect, nor does it raise them disproportionately above the level of their own times. Its distinguishing feature rather is that it ever insists upon a perpetual progress upwards, and urges men onward to be better and holier than those that went before. Abraham was not on the same high spiritual level as a Christian ought to be who has the perfect example of Christ as his pattern, and the gift of the Holy Ghost for his aid; and the fact that God rescued him and Sarah from all danger in Egypt may have seemed to him a warrant that in future difficulties he would have the same Divine protection. Human conduct is ever strangely chequered, but we have a wholesome lesson in the fact, that it was Abraham's politic device which twice entangled him in actual danger. Abimelech (called in Genesis 26:1, king of the Philistines, where see Note) . . . took Sarah.--She was now ninety years of age, and naturally her beauty must have faded. Some, however, think that with the promise of a son her youth had been renewed, while others suppose that the purpose uppermost in the mind of Abimelech was political, and that what he really desired was an alliance with the powerful sheik who had entered his territories. Verse 2. - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. As formerly he had done on descending into Egypt (Genesis 12:13). That Abraham should a second time have resorted to this ignoble expedient after the hazardous experience of Egypt and the richly-merited rebuke of Pharaoh, but more especially after the assurance he had lately received of his own acceptance before God (Genesis 15:6), and of Sarah's destiny to be the mother of the promised seed (Genesis 17:16), is well nigh unaccountable, and almost irreconcilable with any degree of faith and piety. Yet the lapse of upwards of twenty years since that former mistake may have deadened the impression of sinfulness which Pharaoh's rebuke must have left upon his conscience; while altogether the result of that experiment may, through a common misinterpretation of Divine providence, have encouraged him to think that God would watch over the purity of his house as he had done before. Thus, though in reality a tempting of God, the patriarch's repetition of his early venture may have had a secret connection with his deeply-grounded faith in the Divine promise (cf. Kalisch in loco). And Abimelech - i.e. Father-king, a title of the Philistine kings (Genesis 21:22; Genesis 26:1; Psalm 34:1), as Pharaoh was of the Egyptian (Genesis 12:15), and Hamor of the Shechemite (Genesis 34:4) monarchs; cf. Padishah (father-king), a title of the Persian kings, and Atalik (father, properly paternity), of the Khans of Bokhara (Gesenius, p. 6) - king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. I.e. into his harem, as Pharaoh previously had done (Genesis 12:15), either having been fascinated by her beauty, which, although she was twenty years older than when she entered Egypt, need not have been much faded (vide Genesis 12:11; Calvin), or may have been miraculously rejuvenated when she received strength to conceive seed (Kurtz); or, what is as probable, having sought through her an alliance with the rich and powerful nomad prince who had entered his dominions (Delitzsch).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֛ם (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation said וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say of אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to his wife אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (’iš·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Sarah, שָׂרָ֥ה (śā·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham “She הִ֑וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is my sister.” אֲחֹ֣תִי (’ă·ḥō·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister So Abimelech אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name king מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Gerar גְּרָ֔ר (gə·rār) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1642: Gerar -- a place South of Gaza had Sarah שָׂרָֽה׃ (śā·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham brought וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (way·yiš·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out to him. וַיִּקַּ֖ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take Links Genesis 20:2 NIVGenesis 20:2 NLT Genesis 20:2 ESV Genesis 20:2 NASB Genesis 20:2 KJV Genesis 20:2 BibleApps.com Genesis 20:2 Biblia Paralela Genesis 20:2 Chinese Bible Genesis 20:2 French Bible Genesis 20:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 20:2 Abraham said about Sarah his wife She (Gen. 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