2 During his time there, when Abraham told people about his wife Sarah, he said, "She’s my sister." So Abimelech,20:2. "Abimelech" means "my father is the king," or "my father is Molech," a Canaanite god. This may well have been a formal title rather than a personal name (see also 26:8). king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her to become one of his wives.20:2. "To become one of his wives": supplied for clarity.
5 Didn’t Abraham tell me himself, ‘She’s my sister,’ and didn’t Sarah also say, ‘He’s my brother’? I did this in all innocence—my conscience is clear!"
11 "Well, I thought to myself, ‘Nobody respects God in this place. They’ll kill me just to get my wife,’" Abraham replied. 12 "Anyway, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father but not my mother, and I married her. 13 Since my God made me move far away from my family home, I told her, ‘If you really love me, then wherever you go with me you must tell people: He’s my brother.’"