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Chapter 20 | |
1 | And 
Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between 
Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in 1Gerar.
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2 | And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my 1sister: and 
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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3 | But God came to 1Abimelech in a 2dream 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.
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But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?  | 
5 | 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.  | 
6 | And God said unto 
him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; 
for I also 1withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not 
to touch her.
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7 | Now 
therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he 1shall 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.
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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, 1What 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.
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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 1slay me for my wife's sake.
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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.  | 
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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 show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.  | 
14 | And Abimelech took 1sheep, and 
oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and 
restored him Sarah his wife.
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15 | And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is 1before thee: dwell where it 
pleaseth thee.
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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 1closed 
up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's 
wife.
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