Genesis 20:2

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

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And Abraham migrated from thence to the southern land, and dwelt between Rekam and Hagra; and he sojourned in Gerar.

3And the word came from the presence of the Lord to Abimelek in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou diest, on account of the woman whom thou hast taken, and she a man’s wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:13Say now, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me through thee, and my life may be preserved through thy words.

Genesis 20:12Nevertheless, in truth she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Genesis 26:7and the men of the place asked respecting his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, My wife, lest the men of the place should kill him on account of Revekah; for she was of beautiful aspect.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 20:2-3

Abraham's Denial of His Wife. ( b. c. 1898.) 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Here is, 1. Abraham's removal from Mamre, where he had lived nearly twenty years, into the country of the Philistines: He sojourned in Gerar, v. 1 . We are not told upon what occasion he removed, whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or… Read the whole commentary →

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