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20:1  Then Abraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was dwelling as an outsider in Gerar,
20:2  Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for and took Sarah.
20:3  But God came to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “Behold, you are as good as dead, because of the woman whom you have taken—since she is a married woman.”
20:4  Now Abimelech had not come near her. So he said, “My Lord, will You slay a nation, even though innocent?
20:5  Didn’t he say to me, ‘She’s my sister’? And she herself even said, ‘He’s my brother.’ I did this with integrity of my heart and guiltlessness of my hands.”
20:6  Then God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I myself knew that you did this with integrity of your heart, so I, yes I Myself prevented you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not allow you to touch her.
20:7  So now, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet. And let him pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will surely die—you and all who are yours.”
20:8  Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants and spoke all these words in their ears—and the men were very frightened.
20:9  Then Abimelech called to Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us, and how have I sinned against you, that you brought great sin upon me and my kingdom? You’ve done to me things that should not be done!”
20:10  Abimelech also said to Abraham, “What motivated you to do this thing?”
20:11  Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘There is certainly no fear of God in this place, so they’ll kill me, because of my wife.’
20:12  And besides, she really is my sister. She’s my father’s daughter, though not my mother’s daughter. Then she became my wife.
20:13  So when God made me wander away from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your loyalty that you must show me: in every place we go, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”
20:14  Then Abimelech took sheep, cattle, male slaves and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him.
20:15  Then Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Dwell wherever it pleases you.”
20:16  At the same time he said to Sarah, “Look, I’ve given a thousand shekels to your brother. Look, it is compensation for everything that happened—so to everyone with you, you are vindicated.”
20:17  Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his female slaves so that they could bear children.
20:18  For Adonai had completely locked up every womb in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.