Genesis 20:3
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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.One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
In other translations
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.One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
Hebrew words
וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and he cameH935אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430אֶל־'el-toH413אֲבִימֶלֶךְ'avimelekhAbimelechH40בַּחֲלוֹםbachalomin a dreamH2472הַלָּיְלָהhalayelahthe nightH3915וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לוֹloto <the> himהִנְּךָhinekhahere youH2009מֵתmet[are] about to dieH4191עַל־'al-onH5921הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whomH834לָקַחְתָּlakachtayou have takenH3947וְהִואvehiv'and sheH1931בְּעֻלַתbe'ulat[is] married ofH1166בָּעַל׃ba'ala husbandH1167
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