Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.
New American Standard Bible
Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “
King James Version
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Holman Bible
Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.”
International Standard Version
because Abraham kept saying about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister," King Abimelech of Gerar summoned them and took Sarah into his household.
A Conservative Version
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
American Standard Version
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Amplified
Abraham
Bible in Basic English
And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
Darby Translation
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Julia Smith Translation
And Abraham will say as to Sarah his wife, This my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, will send and take Sarah.
King James 2000
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She [is] my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Modern King James verseion
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Abraham said of Sara his wife, that she was his sister. Then Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and fetched Sara away.
NET Bible
Abraham said about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
New Heart English Bible
Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
The Emphasized Bible
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: My, sister, is she, - So Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Webster
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, she is my sister: And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
World English Bible
Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Themes
Cowardice » Instances of » Abraham, in calling his wife his sister
Deception » Religious persons guilty of
Deception » Instances of » Abraham, in stating that sarah was his sister
Falsehood » Instances of » Abraham, in denying that sarah was his wife
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 20:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abraham And Abimelech
1 And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar; 2 and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah. 3 And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Lo, thou art a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'
Cross References
Genesis 12:15
and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken to Pharaoh's house;
Genesis 26:7
and men of the place ask him of his wife, and he saith, 'She is my sister:' for he hath been afraid to say, 'My wife -- lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, for she is of good appearance.'
Genesis 12:11-13
and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou art a woman of beautiful appearance;
Genesis 20:12
and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;
Genesis 26:1
And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
Genesis 26:16
And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, 'Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'
2 Chronicles 19:2
and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, 'To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee is wrath from before Jehovah,
2 Chronicles 20:37
and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, 'For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken up thy works;' and the ships are broken, and have not retained power to go unto Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 32:31
and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart,
Proverbs 24:16
For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
Galatians 2:11-12
And when Peter came to Antioch, to the face I stood up against him, because he was blameworthy,
Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;
Colossians 3:9
Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,