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Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south
country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and
sojourned in Gerar.
02 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She
is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent,
and took Sarah.
03 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.
04 But Abimelech had not come near her: and
he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous
nation?
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What
sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
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.
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.
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
shew unto me; at every place whither we shall
come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and
menservants, and womenservants, and gave them
unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is
before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
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.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God
healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his
maidservants; and they bare children.
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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