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From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb, 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 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." |
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Now Abimelech had not approached her; so he said, "Lord, wilt thou slay an innocent people? |
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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." |
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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 sinning against me; therefore I did not let you touch her. |
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Now then restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours." |
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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. |
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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." |
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And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?" |
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Abraham said, "I did it because I thought, There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. |
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Besides she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. |
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And when God 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.'" |
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Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him. |
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And Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you." |
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To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; it is your vindication in the eyes of all who are with you; and before every one you are righted." |
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Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. |
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For the LORD had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. |
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