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OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he/it_said concerning Sārāh his/its_wife/woman sister_of_my she and_ ʼAⱱīmelek _sent 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_of,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_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he/it_said concerning Sārāh his/its_wife/woman sister_of_my she and_ ʼAⱱīmelek _sent 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 Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.