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Genesis 20:3

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.

KJV

Venit autem Deus ad Abimelech per somnium nocte, et ait illi : En morieris propter mulierem quam tulisti : habet enim virum.

Vulgate

καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Ἀβιμέλεχ ἐν ὕπνῳ τὴν νύκτα, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰδοὺ σὺ ἀποθνήσκεις περὶ τῆς γυναικὸς ἧς ἔλαβες· αὕτη δέ ἐστιν συνῳκηκυῖα ἀνδρί. ⸆

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶל אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ בַּ/חֲל֣וֹם הַ/לָּ֑יְלָה וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗/וֹ הִנְּ/ךָ֥ מֵת֙ עַל הָ/אִשָּׁ֣ה אֲשֶׁר לָקַ֔חְתָּ וְ/הִ֖וא בְּעֻ֥לַת בָּֽעַל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AbimelechAbimelech

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ
'bymlk
proper_noun · 67×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הּ
h
verb · 16×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
ו
v
noun · 83×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חֲל֣וֹם
chlvm
noun · 64×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 16:21 — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
  • Gen 20:7 — Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are
  • Gen 26:26 — Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
  • Gen 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
  • Gen 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
  • Gen 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 37:5 — And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
  • Gen 37:9 — And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
  • Gen 40:8 — And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
  • Gen 41:1 — And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
  • Job 4:12 — Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
  • Job 33:15 — In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
  • Job 33:15 — In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
  • Jonah 3:4 — And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
  • Matt 1:20 — But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiv
  • Matt 2:12 — And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
  • Matt 19:9 — And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
  • Matt 27:19 — When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
  • Matt 27:19 — When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
  • Num 22:9 — And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
  • Ps 105:14 — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;