Genesis 20
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And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of
the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar; 2 and Abraham saith
concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and *Abimelech king
of Gerar sendeth and taketh
Sarah. 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.' 4 And Abimelech hath
not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a
righteous nation dost thou slay? 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.' 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; 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.' 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; 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.' 10
Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou
seen that thou hast done this thing?' 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; 12 and also, truly she is my sister, daughter
of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh
my wife; 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.' 14 And
Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to
Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife; 15
and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land [is] before thee,
where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;' 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. 17 And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they
bear: 18 for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.