Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s household.
Genesis 20:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Abraham said about his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah [into his harem]. American Standard Version (1901) And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Common English Bible Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She’s my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar took her into his household. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said about his wife Sarah: "She is my sister." Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her. |
Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s household.
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.
At that time Abimelech, accompanied by Phicol the commander of his army, said to Abraham, ‘God is with you in everything you do.
There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
And Abimelech said to Isaac, ‘Leave us, for you are much too powerful for us.’
When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, ‘She is my sister,’ for he was afraid to say ‘my wife’, thinking, ‘The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.’
Then Jehu son of the seer Hanani went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, ‘Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you.
Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, ‘Because you formed an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord has broken up what you have made.’ So the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.
When the ambassadors of Babylon’s rulers were sent to him to enquire about the miraculous sign that happened in the land, God left him to test him and discover what was in his heart.
Though a righteous person falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.
The fear of mankind is a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected. ,
So it is with the one who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
There is certainly no one righteous on the earth who does good and never sins.
Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbour, , because we are members of one another.
Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices