OET interlinear GEN 20:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וַ⁠יֹּ֧אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל־שָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּ֖⁠וֹ אֲחֹ֣תִ⁠י הִ֑וא

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAⱱrāhām to/towards Sārāh his/its=wife/woman sister_of,[is]_my who/which and,he_sent ʼAⱱīmelek king Gərār and=he/it_took DOM Sārāh )

Sarah was Abraham’s younger sister (Genesis 19:19). Some languages use special words for sister and “brother” in Genesis 12:13, 19; 20:2, 5, 12–13, 16, to distinguish when someone is younger or older than his or her sibling. Alternate translation: [While they were there, he told people that his wife Sarah was his sister] or [While they were there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife]

וַ⁠יִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּרָ֔ר וַ⁠יִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־שָׂרָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAⱱrāhām to/towards Sārāh his/its=wife/woman sister_of,[is]_my who/which and,he_sent ʼAⱱīmelek king Gərār and=he/it_took DOM Sārāh )

The city of Gerar was the Philistines’ capital city where King Abimelech ruled from (Genesis 21:2, 32; 26:1). Alternate translation: [So one day Abimelech, who was the king over the city of Gerar, had some of his servants bring Sarah to his home to be his wife] or [So one day King Abimelech, who ruled the Philistines from the city of Gerar, had Sarah brought to him to be his wife]