Genesis 20
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- And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south
country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
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- And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister:
and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
- 3
- But 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.
- 4
- But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD,
wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
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- Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she
herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency
of my hands have I done this.
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- And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou
didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from
sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
- 7
- Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a
prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou
restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that
are thine.
- 8
- Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and
called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the
men were sore afraid.
- 9
- Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What
hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast
brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me
that ought not to be done.
- 10
- And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that
thou hast done this thing?
- 11
- And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of
God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
- 12
- And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of
my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- 13
- And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from
my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou
shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is
my brother.
- 14
- And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
- 15
- And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee:
dwell where it pleaseth thee.
- 16
- And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother
a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes,
unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
- 17
- So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech,
and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
- 18
- For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the
house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
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