20:1 And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar.
20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, Behold, thou art a dead man, for the woman whom thou hast taken, for she is a man’s wife.
20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous person?
20:5 Did he not say unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother; in the simplicity of my heart and cleanness of my hands I have done this.
20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yes, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me; therefore I did not allow thee to touch her.
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.
20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his slaves and told all these things in their ears; and the men feared greatly.
20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us and in what have I sinned against thee that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom such a great sin? Thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What didst thou see that thou hast done this thing?
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.
20:12 And yet indeed, she is also my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
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 the mercy which thou shalt show unto me: at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
20:14 Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen and menslaves and womenslaves and gave them unto Abraham and restored him Sarah his wife.
20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee; dwell where it pleases thee.
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 were with thee and with everyone: thus she was reproved.
20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants; and they bore children.
20:18 For the LORD had completely closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
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