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Genesis 20:2

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And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.	And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.	But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's wife.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Abraham^H85 said^H559 of^H413 Sarah^H8283 his wife^H802, She is my sister^H269: and Abimelech^H40 king^H4428 of Gerar^H1642 sent^H7971, and took^H3947 Sarah^H8283.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אֶל־שָׂרָה אִשְׁתֹּו אֲחֹתִי הִוא וַיִּשְׁלַח אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ גְּרָר וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שָׂרָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אַבְרָהָ֛ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	concerning
שָׂרָ֥ה	sa.Rah	H8283	HNp	Sarah
אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ	'ish.T/o	H802	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	wife/ his
אֲחֹ֣תִ/י	'a.Cho.t/i	H269	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	(is) sister/ my
הִ֑וא	hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	she
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֗ח	va/i.yish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sent
אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙	'a.vi.Me.lekh	H40	HNp	Abimelech
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
גְּרָ֔ר	ge.Rar	H1642	HNp	Gerar
וַ/יִּקַּ֖ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שָׂרָֽה	sa.Rah	H8283	HNp	Sarah

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H40 — אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek): from אָב and מֶלֶךְ; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites; Abimelech.
• H85 — אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'): contracted from אָב and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram; Abraham.
• H269 — אָחוֹת (ʼâchôwth, aw-khoth'): irregular feminine of אָח; a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively); (an-) other, sister, together.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1642 — גְּרָר (Gᵉrâr, gher-awr'): probably from גָּרַר; a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city; Gerar.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] 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).
• H8283 — שָׂרָה (Sârâh, saw-raw'): the same as שָׂרָה; Sarah, Abraham's wife; Sarah.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Abimelech — Genesis 12:15, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:16
• said — Genesis 12:11-13, Genesis 26:7, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 20:37, 2 Chronicles 32:31, Proverbs 24:16, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Galatians 2:11-12, Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:9

Reciprocal references (6): Genesis 12:13, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 34:2, Judges 8:31, Proverbs 29:25

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ABIMELECH, PERFECTION-IMPERFECTION, SARAH OR SARAI, TRUTH-FALSEHOOD
• Nave’s: COWARDICE, DECEPTION, DOUBTING, FALSEHOOD, IGNORANCE, SARAH

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