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NASB					Gen 20:2 Abraham⁸⁵ said⁵⁵⁹ of Sarah⁸²⁸³ his wife⁸⁰², "^AShe is my sister²⁶⁹." So ^BAbimelech⁴⁰ king⁴⁴²⁸ of Gerar¹⁶⁴² sent⁷⁹⁷¹ and took³⁹⁴⁷ Sarah⁸²⁸³.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 20:2 Abraham ¹said [again] of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So ²Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took ³Sarah [into his harem].

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

See 12:11-13.

The word "Abimelech" may be a royal title instead of a proper name. In either case this man is probably the father or grandfather of Abimelech king of the Philistines encountered later by Isaac (26:1).

Sarah was about ninety years old at this time.

NASB Cross References:
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Gen 12:11 It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman;

Gen 12:15 Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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Greek Heb.

Abimelek (4b); from 1 and 4428; "father is king," a Philistine name, also an Isr. name:--Abimelech(65), Abimelech's(1).

Abraham (4d); from 1 and an unused word, see 87; "exalted father," the father of the Jewish nation:--Abraham(162), Abraham's(12).

269

achoth (27d); from the same as 251; sister:--another(2), other(1), sister(89), sister of your sisters(1), sister's(5), sisters(10).

559

amar (55c); a prim. root; to utter, say:--address(1), advised(1), answer(2), answered(50), answers(1), ask(2), asked(4), asking(1), Asserting(1), assigned(1), call(2), called(4), command(1), commanded(14), commanded to say(1), commands(3), consider(1), continued(2), decided(2), declare*(1), declared(2), declared*(1), declares(1), demonstrates(1), designate(1), desired(1), follows(2), gave an order(2), gave the order(2), gave orders(2), indeed say(1), informed(1), intend(2), intended(1), intending(1), meditate(1), mentioned(1), name(1), namely(2), news(1), ordered(6), plainly says(1), promised(6), proposing(2), really thought(1), repeated*(1), replied*(1), requested(1), resolved(3), responded*(7), said(2766), said*(2), say(601), saying(862), saying*(1), says(594), sent word(1), speak(29), speak to you saying(1), speaking(2), speaks(2), specifically say(1), specified(1), spoke(77), spoken(15), still say(1), suppose(1), tell(23), telling(2), tells(1), think(1), thinking(2), thought(17), told(25), utters(1), vaunt(1).

802

ishshah (61a); from an unused word; woman, wife, female:--adulteress*(2), any woman(1), childbearing*(1), each(3), each one(1), each woman(1), every(1), everyone(1), female(3), girls*(1), harem*(5), harlot's*(2), harlot*(3), marriage(9), married(3), married*(6), marry*(3), none*(1), one(8), widow(7), wife(274), wife and his wives(2), wife and the wives(1), wife or a woman(1), wife's(8), wives(100), woman(203), woman of the wives(1), woman's(6), women(104), women as wives(1).

1642

Gerar (176b); from 1641; a place S. of Gaza:--Gerar(10).

3947

laqach (542c); a prim. root; to take:--accept(8), accepted(3), accepts(2), bring(18), brought(13), buy(1), buys(1), capture(2), captured(2), carry(3), caught(2), exact(1), find(1), flashing(1), flashing forth(1), get(25), gets(1), got(2), has(1), keep(1), married(9), married*(6), marries(1), marry(5), obtain(1), placed(2), procured(2), put(1), raise(3), receive(20), received(12), receives(3), receiving(1), seize(3), seized(2), select(1), selected(1), sent(1), supply(1), take(355), taken(74), takes(15), taking(2), took(352), took away(1), use(1), used(1), wins(1).

4428

melek (572d); from an unused word; king:--King(253), king(1730), King's(6), king's(241), kingdom(1), Kings(41), kings(241), kings'(2), royal(5).

7971

shalach (1018a); a prim. root; to send:--again(5), bade his farewell(1), burned*(1), cast(2), cast off(1), casting(1), certainly let(1), certainly let the go(1), delivered(1), direct(1), dismissed(2), dispatch(1), divorce(3), divorces(1), drive(1), driving them away(1), escort(1), escorted him away(1), extended(2), extends(1), forlorn(1), gave(1), gave them over(1), get rid(1), gets his own way(1), go(11), go away(1), go free(4), grow long(1), laid(2), lay(8), let(8), let her go(2), let him go(3), let me go(4), let my go(11), let my go free(1), let out freely(1), let the go(8), let them down(1), let them go(6), let you go(7), let your loose(1), let go(1), let loose(2), let...down(1), let...go(3), lets his loose(1), lets you go(1), letting the go(1), letting them go(1), letting us go(1), loot(1), pointing(1), put(10), put forth(7), puts(2), putting(1), reached(3), reached*(1), release(2), released(3), remove(1), rushed(1), scattered(1), send(139), send him away(2), send it away(2), send me away(4), send them away(1), send you away(2), send away(4), sending(13), sending me away(1), sending them and again(1), sends(10), sent(420), sent her away(5), sent him away(5), sent his away(1), sent me away(2), sent the away(3), sent them away(9), sent you away(3), sent your away(1), sent away(7), sent...away(3), set(12), set your free(1), set free(1), shot(1), spread(2), spreads(3), stretch(13), stretch forth(3), stretched(11), stretches(2), surely let(1), surely let me go(1), throw(1), thrown(1), thrust(1), urgently send(1), use(1), will(1).

8283

Sarah (979a); from the same as 8269; "princess," a wife of Abraham:--Sarah(36), Sarah's(2).

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