Genesis 20
20Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.H85H5265H5045H776H3427H6946H7793H1481H16422And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.H85H559H413H8283H802H269H40H4428H1642H7971H3947H82833But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, " Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married. "H430H935H40H2472H3915H559H4191H802H3947H1167H11664Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, wilt Thou slay a nation, even [though] blameless?H40H7126H559H136H2026H6662H14715"Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this."H559H1931H269H1931H1571H1931H559H251H8537H3824H5356H3709H62136Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.H430H559H2472H1571H3045H6213H8537H3824H2820H2398H5414H50607"Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not restore [her,] know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."H7725H376H802H5030H6419H1157H2421H7725H3045H4191H41918So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly frightened.H40H7925H1242H7121H5650H1696H1697H241H582H3966H33729Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done."H40H7121H85H559H6213H2398H935H4467H1419H2401H6213H4639H621310And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?"H40H559H85H4100H7200H6213H169711And Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place; and they will kill me because of my wife.H85H559H559H7535H3374H430H4725H2026H802H169712"Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;H546H269H1323H1H1323H517H80213and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."' "H430H8582H1H1004H559H2617H6213H4725H935H559H25114Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him.H40H3947H6629H1241H5650H8198H5414H85H7725H8283H80215And Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please."H40H559H776H6440H3427H2896H586916And to Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared."H8283H559H5414H251H505H3701H3682H5869H319817And Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore [children.]H85H6419H430H430H7495H40H802H519H320518For the LORD had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.H3068H6113H6113H7358H1004H40H1697H8283H85H802
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