GE-20:1  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south

country,

and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

GE-20:2  And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister:

and

Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

GE-20:3  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.

GE-20:4  But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord,

wilt

thou slay also a righteous nation?

GE-20:5  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.

GE-20:6  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.

GE-20:7  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.

GE-20:8  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.

GE-20:9  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.

GE-20:10  And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou,

that thou

hast done this thing?

GE-20:11  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.

GE-20:12  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.

GE-20:13  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.

GE-20:14  And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants,

and

womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him

Sarah

his wife.

GE-20:15  And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee:

dwell

where it pleaseth thee.

GE-20:16  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.

GE-20:17  So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech,

and

his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare [children].

GE-20:18  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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