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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