Gen 20
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And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between
Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: 'She is my sister.' And Abimelech king of Gerar
sent, and took Sarah.
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: 'Behold, thou
shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.'
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Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous
nation?
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Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He
is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I
done this.'
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And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart
thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered
I thee not to touch her.
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Now therefore restore the man's 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.'
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And 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.
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Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou done unto us? and
wherein have I sinned against 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.'
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'
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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.
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And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter
of my mother; and so she became my wife.
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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.'
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And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them
unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
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And Abimelech said: 'Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.'
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And unto Sarah he said: 'Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver;
behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and before
all men thou art righted.'
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And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants;
and they bore children.
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For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of
Sarah Abraham's wife.