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Genesis 20
Genesis 20
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
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From there Abraham journeyed toward the region of the Negeb, and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While residing in Gerar as an alien,
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Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." And King Abimelech of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "You are about to die because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a married woman."
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Now Abimelech had not approached her; so he said, "Lord, will you destroy 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.' I did this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands."
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Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
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Now then, return 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? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me 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 his wife Sarah to him.
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Abimelech said, "My land is before you; settle where it pleases you."
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To Sarah he said, "Look, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; it is your exoneration before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated."
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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 fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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