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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 Gerar. |
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2 | 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? |
| 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 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? |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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
show 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. |
