Gen 20:3 | NET2full | STEP | But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “ You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken , for she is someone else’s wife .”

Genesis 20:3

3 But God appeared ^{▼▼tn Heb “came.”} to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead ^{▼▼tn Heb “Look, you [are] dead.” The Hebrew construction uses the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) with a second person pronominal particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) with by the participle. It is a highly rhetorical expression.} because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.” ^{▼▼tn Heb “and she is owned by an owner.” The disjunctive clause is causal or explanatory in this case.}