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20 : 1 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived betweenKadesh and Shur; and hesojourned inGerar.
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 Abimelechin a dream by night and said to him,Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.
20 : 4 Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said,Lord, will you kill an innocent people?
20 : 5 Did he not himself say to me,She is my sister? And she herself said,He is my brother.In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.
20 : 6 Then God said to him in the dream,Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinningagainst me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
20 : 7 Now then, return the man's wife,for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, youand all who are yours.
20 : 8 So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid.
20 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him,What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.
20 : 10 And Abimelech said to Abraham,What did you see, that you did this thing?
20 : 11 Abraham said,I did it because I thought,There is no fear of God at all in this place, andthey will kill me because of my wife.
20 : 12 Besides,she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.
20 : 13 And whenGod caused me to wander from my father's house, I said to her,This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come,say of me,He is my brother.
20 : 14 Then Abimelechtook sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him.
20 : 15 And Abimelech said,Behold,my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.
20 : 16 To Sarah he said,Behold, I have givenyour brother a thousand pieces of silver. It isa sign of your innocence in the eyes of allwho are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated.
20 : 17 ThenAbraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.
20 : 18 For theLordhad closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.