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Genesis 20

Gen. 20:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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'el (Hebrew #413)
a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to
KJV usage: about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
Pronounce: ale
Origin: (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el})
Sarah
Sarah (Hebrew #8283)
Sarah, Abraham's wife
KJV usage: Sarah.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: the same as 8282
his wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, Shee is my sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
: and Abimelech
'Abiymelek (Hebrew #40)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Abimelech.
Pronounce: ab-ee-mel'-ek
Origin: from 1 and 4428
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Gerar
Grar (Hebrew #1642)
a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city
KJV usage: Gerar.
Pronounce: gher-awr'
Origin: probably from 1641
sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, and took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
Sarah
Sarah (Hebrew #8283)
Sarah, Abraham's wife
KJV usage: Sarah.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: the same as 8282
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Gen. 12:13• 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, {i}that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.{/i} (Gen. 12:13)
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Gen. 26:7• 7And the men of the place asked him about his wife. And he said, She [is] my sister; for he feared to say, My wife, lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca; because she was fair in countenance. (Gen. 26:7)

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Abimelech,
Abraham,
Gerar,
Kings,
Sarah; Sarai; Sara,
Wife

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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said.
Gen. 12:11‑13• 11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now I know thou art a fair woman to look upon;
 12therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, {i}that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.{/i} (Gen. 12:11‑13)
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Gen. 26:7• 7And the men of the place asked him about his wife. And he said, She [is] my sister; for he feared to say, My wife, lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca; because she was fair in countenance. (Gen. 26:7)
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2 Chron. 19:2• 2{i}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 Jehovah? Therefore is wrath upon thee from Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 19:2)
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2 Chron. 20:37• 37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, and they were not able to go to Tarshish (2 Chron. 20:37)
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2 Chron. 32:31• 31{i}However in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.{/i} (2 Chron. 32:31)
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Prov. 24:16• 16For a righteous one falleth seven times,{HR}And riseth up again;{HR}But the wicked stumble into disaster. (Prov. 24:16)
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Eccl. 7:20• 20Surely [there is] not a righteous man upon earth,{HR}That doeth good, and sinneth not. (Eccl. 7:20)
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Gal. 2:11‑12• 11But when Cephas came unto Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was self-condemned;
 12for before that certain came from James, he ate with the nations; but when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, being afraid of those of the circumcision; (Gal. 2:11‑12)
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore having put off falsehood, speak truth each with his neighbour, for we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)
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Col. 3:9• 9Lie not to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds, (Col. 3:9)
Abimelech.
Gen. 12:15• 15{i}And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.{/i} (Gen. 12:15)
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Gen. 26:1,16• 1And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.
 16And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we. (Gen. 26:1,16)
• Judging that God was not there, he forgets that He is always with him. He seems to be more occupied with the men of Gerar than with the One who was stronger than they. (“Genesis 20” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• He who taught his wife to prevaricate before they entered Egypt falls into the like snare himself in Philistia. (“Abraham: Chapter 20” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)