2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
|
|
|
Verse 13 is a continuation of Abraham's answer to Abimelech.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
## I said to her ##
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"I said to Sarah"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
## show me this faithfulness as my wife ##
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alternate translation: "be faithful to me by doing this"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
## At every place where we go ##
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Everywhere we go" or "Wherever we go"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
## say about me, "He is my brother." ##
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"tell the people living there that I am your brother." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Abimelech took ##
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Abimelech gathered"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
## oxen ##
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oxen are cows or bulls that people use to pull heavy loads or do other hard work. Oxen usually work in pairs.
|