Génesis 20:3

3 Pero aquella noche Dios se le apareció a Abimélec en sueños y le dijo:—Puedes darte por muerto a causa de la mujer que has tomado, porque ella es casada.

Génesis 20:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night
Put a dream into his mind, by which he cautioned him against taking Sarah to be his wife; so careful was the Lord that no wrong should be done to such a godly and virtuous person, to which she was exposed through the weakness of her husband. Aben Ezra wrongly interprets this of an angel, when it was God himself: and said unto him, behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman
which thou hast taken;
that is, God would punish him with death, unless he restored the woman, whom he had taken, to her husband; not for any uncleanness he had committed with her, but for taking her without her free and full consent, and without inquiring more strictly into her relation to Abraham, and connection with him, and for his impure and unlawful desires after her, if persisted in: for she [is] a man's wife,
or "married to an husband" ^F3; and therefore it was unlawful in him to take her to be his wife.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (leb tleb) "maritata marito", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Schmidt.

Génesis 20:3 In-Context

1 Abraham partió desde allí en dirección a la región del Néguev, y se quedó a vivir entre Cades y Sur. Mientras vivía en Guerar,

2 Abraham decía que Sara, su esposa, era su hermana. Entonces Abimélec, rey de Guerar, mandó llamar a Sara y la tomó por esposa.

3 Pero aquella noche Dios se le apareció a Abimélec en sueños y le dijo:—Puedes darte por muerto a causa de la mujer que has tomado, porque ella es casada.

4 Pero como Abimélec todavía no se había acostado con ella, le contestó:—Señor, ¿acaso vas a matar al inocente?

5 Como Abraham me dijo que ella era su hermana, y ella me lo confirmó, yo hice todo esto de buena fe y sin mala intención.