Genesis 20
GEN 20:1 And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and
dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;
GEN 20:2 and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and
Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.
GEN 20:3 And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to
him, `Lo, thou `art' a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken --
and she married to a husband.'
GEN 20:4 And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a
righteous nation dost thou slay?
GEN 20:5 hath not he himself said to me, She `is' my sister! and she, even she
herself, said, He `is' my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the
innocency of my hands, I have done this.'
GEN 20:6 And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in
the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I,
from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;
GEN 20:7 and now send back the man's wife, for he `is' inspired, and he doth
pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou
dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'
GEN 20:8 And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his
servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear
exceedingly;
GEN 20:9 and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou
done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me,
and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with
me.'
GEN 20:10 Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast
done this thing?'
GEN 20:11 And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in
this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
GEN 20:12 and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not
daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;
GEN 20:13 and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my
father's house, that I say to her, This `is' thy kindness which thou dost with
me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He `is' my brother.'
GEN 20:14 And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and
giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;
GEN 20:15 and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land `is' before thee, where it is good
in thine eyes, dwell;'
GEN 20:16 and to Sarah he hath said, `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to
thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;'
and by all this she is reasoned with.
GEN 20:17 And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife,
and his handmaids, and they bear:
GEN 20:18 for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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