Genesis 20:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ But Elohim came to Aḇimeleḵ in a dream by night, and said to him, “See, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said, Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken [as your own], for she is a man's wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

Common English Bible

³ But God appeared to Abimelech that night in a dream and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of this woman you have taken. She is a married woman.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in the night, and he said to him: "Lo, you shall die because of the woman that you have taken. For she has a husband."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo, thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken; for she hath a husband.

Genesis 20:3 Cross References

Genesis 12:17

But יהוה plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Aḇram’s wife.

Genesis 12:18

And Pharaoh called Aḇram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not inform me that she was your wife?

Genesis 20:7

And now, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and let him pray for you and you live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall certainly die, you and all that are yours.

Genesis 28:12

And he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to the heavens, and saw messengers of Elohim going up and coming down on it.

Genesis 31:24

But in a dream by night Elohim came to Laḇan the Aramean, and said to him, “Guard yourself, that you do not speak to Ya‛aqoḇ either good or evil.”

Genesis 37:5

And Yosĕph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brothers. So they hated him even more.

Genesis 37:9

And he dreamed still another dream and related it to his brothers, and said, “See, I have dreamed another dream, and see, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”

Genesis 40:5

Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.

Genesis 40:8

And they said to him, “We each have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” And Yosĕph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to Elohim? Relate them to me, please.”

Genesis 46:2

And Elohim spoke to Yisra’ĕl in the visions of the night, and said, “Ya‛aqoḇ, Ya‛aqoḇ!” And he said, “Here I am.”

1 Chronicles 16:21

He allowed no one to oppress them, And He reproved sovereigns for their sakes, saying:

Job 33:15

in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on a bed,

Job 33:17

to turn man from his deed, and conceal pride from man.

Psalm 105:14

He allowed no one to oppress them, And He reproved sovereigns for their sakes,

Jonah 3:4

And Yonah began to go in to the city on the first day’s walk. And he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Ninewĕh shall be overthrown!”

Numbers 22:9

And Elohim came to Bil‛am and said, “Who are these men with you?”

Matthew 1:20

But while he thought about this, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Yosĕph, son of Dawiḏ, do not be afraid to take Miryam as your wife, for that which is in her was brought forth from the Set-apart Spirit.

Matthew 27:19

And as he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have none at all to do with that righteous Man, for I have suffered much today in a dream because of Him.”