Gen 20
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Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cedes and Sur,
and sojourned in Gerara.
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And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Oerara sent,
and took her.
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And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die
for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.
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Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said : Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that
is ignorant and justl
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Did not he say to me : She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity
of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.
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And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore
I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her.
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Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for
thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt
surely die, thou and all that are thins.
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And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke
all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid.
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And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us?
what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom
a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.
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And again he expostulated with him, and said, What sawest thou, that thou hast done
this?
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Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of
God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:
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Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not
the daughter of my mother, and I took her to wife.
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And after God brought me out of my father's house, I said to her: I Thou shalt do
me this kindness: In every place, to which we shall come, thou shalt say that I am
thy brother.
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And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham:
and restored to him Sara, his wife.
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And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.
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And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and
they bore children:
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For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech on ac- count of Sara,
Abraham's wife.