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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said ʼAⱱrāhām concerning Sārāh his/its_wife/woman sister_my she and_sent ʼₐⱱīmelek the_king of_Gerar and_he/it_took DOM Sārāh.
OET (OET-RV) Abraham had told people his wife Sarah was his sister, so Abimelech the king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל־שָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא
and=he/it_said ʼAⱱrāhām to/towards Sārāh his/its=wife/woman sister,my who/which
Sarah was Abraham’s younger sister (Gen 19:19). Some languages use special words for sister and “brother” in Gen 12:13, 19; 20:2, 5, 12-13, 16, to distinguish when someone is younger or older than his or her sibling. Do what is best in your language. 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
and,sent ʼₐⱱīmelek king Gerar and=he/it_took DOM Sārāh
The city of Gerar was the Philistines’ capital city where King Abimelech ruled from (Gen 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.”
20:2 Abraham told the same lie to Abimelech that he had told to Pharaoh (12:13); Isaac would later do the same (26:1-11), probably having learned this tactic from his father.
• Abimelech (literally my father the king) was probably a title like “Pharaoh” (37:36; Exod 1:15), not a proper name (see study note on Gen 26:1).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said ʼAⱱrāhām concerning Sārāh his/its_wife/woman sister_my she and_sent ʼₐⱱīmelek the_king of_Gerar and_he/it_took DOM Sārāh.
OET (OET-RV) Abraham had told people his wife Sarah was his sister, so Abimelech the king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.