Génesis 20:3

3 Esa noche Dios se le apareció a Abimelec en un sueño y le dijo:
—Eres hombre muerto, porque esa mujer que has tomado, ¡ya está 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 engaña a Abimelec
Abraham se trasladó hacia el sur, al Neguev, y vivió un tiempo entre Cades y Shur; luego siguió hasta Gerar. Mientras vivía allí como extranjero,

2 Abraham presentó a su esposa, Sara, diciendo: «Ella es mi hermana». Entonces el rey Abimelec de Gerar mandó llamar a Sara e hizo que la trajeran ante él a su palacio.

3 Esa noche Dios se le apareció a Abimelec en un sueño y le dijo:
—Eres hombre muerto, porque esa mujer que has tomado, ¡ya está casada!

4 Sin embargo, Abimelec todavía no había dormido con ella, así que dijo:
—Señor, ¿destruirás a una nación inocente?

5 ¿Acaso no me dijo Abraham: “Ella es mi hermana”? Y ella misma dijo: “Sí, él es mi hermano”. ¡Yo he actuado con total inocencia! Mis manos están limpias.