Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageBut God came to Abimelech in a dream that same night and said, "You are as good as a dead man because of the woman you have taken—she is another man's wife.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GBut Elohim came to Avimelech in a night-dream and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman you have taken—she is bound to a husband.
KJV
King James VersionBut God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleOne night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
Footnotes
בְּעוּלַת בַּעַל (be'ulat ba'al) literally means "mastered by a master/lord," with ba'al carrying the dual sense of "husband" and "owner/lord." The idiom signals Sarah's legally married status in terms the ancient Near Eastern audience would have recognised as a binding covenant claim. F.O.G renders the relational and legal weight ("bound to a husband"), while F.O.G Message opts for natural English idiom ("another man's wife"), trading the ownership nuance for clarity of marital status.
