Revised Version 1895

Genesis 20:1-3

1AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamH85journeyedוַיִּסַּ֨עvai.yi.Sa'H5265from thence toward thelandאַ֣רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776of theSouthהַנֶּ֔גֶבha.Ne.gevH5045, anddweltוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427betweenH996Kadeshקָדֵ֖שׁka.DeshH6946andShurשׁ֑וּרShurH7793; and he sojourned inGerarבִּגְרָֽר׃big.RarH1642.

2AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֛ם'av.ra.HamH85saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559ofSarahשָׂרָ֥הsa.RahH8283hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802,Sheהִ֑ואhi'H1931is mysisterאֲחֹ֣תִי'a.Cho.tiH269: andAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙'a.vi.Me.lekhH40kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofGerarגְּרָ֔רge.RarH1642sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֗חvai.yish.LachH7971, andtookוַיִּקַּ֖חvai.yi.KachH3947Sarahשָׂרָֽה׃sa.RahH8283.

3ButGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430cameוַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'H935toAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40in adreamבַּחֲל֣וֹםba.cha.LomH2472of thenightהַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahH3915, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him,Beholdהִנְּךָ֥hi.ne.KhaH2009, thou art but adeadמֵת֙metH4191manבָּֽעַל׃Ba.'alH1167,becauseעַל־'al-H5921of thewomanהָאִשָּׁ֣הha.'i.ShahH802whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou hasttakenלָקַ֔חְתָּla.Kach.taH3947; forsheוְהִ֖ואve.Hiv'H1931is aman’sH802wifeH802.

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