Kejadian 18:24

18:24 What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare ¹  the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

Kejadian 20:5

20:5 Did Abraham ²  not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ³  ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience ⁴  and with innocent hands!”

Kejadian 20:16

20:16 To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given a thousand pieces of silver ⁵  to your ‘brother.’ ⁶  This is compensation for you so that you will stand vindicated before all who are with you.” ⁷ 

[18:24]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up,” perhaps in the sense of “bear with” (cf. NRSV “forgive”).

[20:5]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:5]  ³ tn Heb “and she, even she.”

[20:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “with the integrity of my heart.”

[20:16]  ⁵ sn A thousand pieces [Heb “shekels”] of silver. The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of silver here 11.5 kilograms, or 400 ounces (about 25 pounds).

[20:16]  ⁶ sn To your ‘brother.’ Note the way that the king refers to Abraham. Was he being sarcastic? It was surely a rebuke to Sarah. What is amazing is how patient this king was. It is proof that the fear of God was in that place, contrary to what Abraham believed (see v. 11).

[20:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, it is for you a covering of the eyes, for all who are with you, and with all, and you are set right.” The exact meaning of the statement is unclear. Apparently it means that the gift of money somehow exonerates her in other people’s eyes. They will not look on her as compromised (see G. J. Wenham, Genesis [WBC], 2:74).