Kejadian 12:17

12:17 But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases ¹  because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Kejadian 20:3

20:3 But God appeared ²  to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead ³  because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.” ⁴ 

[12:17]  ¹ tn The cognate accusative adds emphasis to the verbal sentence: “he plagued with great plagues,” meaning the Lord inflicted numerous plagues, probably diseases (see Exod 15:26). The adjective “great” emphasizes that the plagues were severe and overwhelming.

[20:3]  ² tn Heb “came.”

[20:3]  ³ 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.

[20:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and she is owned by an owner.” The disjunctive clause is causal or explanatory in this case.