- 1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.וַיִּסַּ֨ע מִשָּׁ֤ם אַבְרָהָם֙ אַ֣רְצָה הַנֶּ֔גֶב וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בֵּין קָדֵ֖שׁ וּבֵ֣ין שׁ֑וּר וַיָּ֖גָר בִּגְרָֽר
- 2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל שָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּרָ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת שָׂרָֽה
- 3But 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.וַיָּבֹ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶל אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ בַּחֲל֣וֹם הַלָּ֑יְלָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הִנְּךָ֥ מֵת֙ עַל הָאִשָּׁ֣ה אֲשֶׁר לָקַ֔חְתָּ וְהִ֖וא בְּעֻ֥לַת בָּֽעַל
- 4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ לֹ֥א קָרַ֖ב אֵלֶ֑יהָ וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אֲדֹנָ֕י הֲג֥וֹי גַּם צַדִּ֖יק תַּהֲרֹֽג
- 5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.הֲלֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וְהִֽיא גַם הִ֥וא אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָחִ֣י ה֑וּא בְּתָם לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי זֹֽאת
- 6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אֵלָ֨יו הָֽאֱלֹהִ֜ים בַּחֲלֹ֗ם גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֤י יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙ כִּ֤י בְתָם לְבָבְךָ֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וָאֶחְשֹׂ֧ךְ גַּם אָנֹכִ֛י אֽוֹתְךָ֖ מֵחֲטוֹ עַל כֵּ֥ן לֹא נְתַתִּ֖יךָ לִנְגֹּ֥עַ אֵלֶֽיהָ
- 7Now 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 thine.וְעַתָּ֗ה הָשֵׁ֤ב אֵֽשֶׁת הָאִישׁ֙ כִּֽי נָבִ֣יא ה֔וּא וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל בַּֽעַדְךָ֖ וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה וְאִם אֵֽינְךָ֣ מֵשִׁ֗יב דַּ֚ע כִּי מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת אַתָּ֖ה וְכָל אֲשֶׁר
- 8Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּקְרָא֙ לְכָל עֲבָדָ֔יו וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה בְּאָזְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְאֹֽד
- 9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְאַבְרָהָ֗ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֶֽה עָשִׂ֤יתָ וּמֶֽה חָטָ֣אתִי כִּֽי הֵבֵ֧אתָ עָלַ֛י וְעַל מַמְלַכְתִּ֖י חֲטָאָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה מַעֲשִׂים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא יֵֽעָשׂ֔וּ עָשִׂ֖יתָ עִמָּדִֽי
- 10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה רָאִ֔יתָ כִּ֥י עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה
- 11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי רַ֚ק אֵין יִרְאַ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַהֲרָג֖וּנִי עַל דְּבַ֥ר אִשְׁתִּֽי
- 12And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.וְגַם אָמְנָ֗ה אֲחֹתִ֤י בַת אָבִי֙ הִ֔וא אַ֖ךְ לֹ֣א בַת אִמִּ֑י וַתְּהִי לְאִשָּֽׁה
- 13And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.וַיְהִ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְע֣וּ אֹתִ֗י אֱלֹהִים֮ מִבֵּ֣ית אָבִי֒ וָאֹמַ֣ר זֶ֣ה חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשִׂ֖י עִמָּדִ֑י אֶ֤ל כָּל הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה אִמְרִי אָחִ֥י הֽוּא
- 14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ צֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֗ר וַעֲבָדִים֙ וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיָּ֣שֶׁב אֵ֖ת שָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ
- 15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ הִנֵּ֥ה אַרְצִ֖י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ בַּטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ שֵֽׁב
- 16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.וּלְשָׂרָ֣ה אָמַ֗ר הִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֜תִּי אֶ֤לֶף כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לְאָחִ֔יךְ הִנֵּ֤ה הוּא כְּס֣וּת עֵינַ֔יִם לְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑ךְ וְאֵ֥ת כֹּ֖ל וְנֹכָֽחַת
- 17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיִּרְפָּ֨א אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת אֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְ וְאֶת אִשְׁתּ֛וֹ וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יו וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ
- 18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.כִּֽי עָצֹ֤ר עָצַר֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּעַ֥ד כָּל רֶ֖חֶם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ עַל דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרָ֖ה אֵ֥שֶׁת אַבְרָהָֽם
Genesis 20 KJV
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270 tagged Hebrew tokens105 distinct lexical entries18 of 18 verses source-tagged
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
הוּאH1931
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
אֲבִימֶלֶךְH40
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
אִשָּׁהH802
a woman
אַבְרָהָםH85
Abraham, the later name of Abram
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
עָשָׂהH6213
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אֱלֹהִיםH430
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
גַּםH1571
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
שָׂרָהH8283
Sarah, Abraham's wife
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Genesis 20:1 | 5,532 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:2 | 5,679 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:3 | 5,329 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:4 | 2,729 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:5 | 4,856 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:6 | 10,406 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:7 | 6,950 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:8 | 5,766 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:9 | 7,400 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:10 | 3,774 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:11 | 6,076 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:12 | 3,293 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:13 | 6,810 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:14 | 7,177 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:15 | 2,834 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:16 | 7,683 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:17 | 5,611 | study verse |
| Genesis 20:18 | 5,055 | study verse |
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