Genesis:20

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drb @Genesis:20:1 @Abraham removed from thence to the south country , and dwelt between Cedes and Sur , and sojourned in Gerara . drb @Genesis:20:2 @And he said of Sara his wife : She is my sister . So Abimelech the king of Oerara sent , and took her . drb @Genesis:20:3 @And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night , and he said to him : Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken : for she hath a husband . drb @Genesis:20:4 @Now Abimelech had not touched her , and he said : Lord , wilt thou slay a nation , that is ignorant and justl drb @Genesis:20:5 @Did not he say to me : She is my sister : and she say , He is my brother ? in the simplicity of my heart , and cleanness of my hands have I done this . drb @Genesis:20:6 @And God said to him : And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart : and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me , and I suffered thee not to touch her . drb @Genesis:20:7 @Now therefore restore the man his wife , for he is a prophet : and he shall pray for thee , and thou shalt live : but if thou wilt not restore her , know that thou shalt surely die , thou and all that are thins . drb @Genesis:20:8 @And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night , called all his servants : and spoke all these words in their hearing , and all the men were exceedingly afraid . drb @Genesis:20:9 @And Abimelech called also for Abraham , and said to him : What hast thou done to us ? what have we offended thee in , that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin ? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do . drb @Genesis:20:10 @And again he expostulated with him , and said , What sawest thou , that thou hast done this ? drb @Genesis:20:11 @Abraham answered : I thought with myself , saying : Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place : and they will kill me for the sake of my wife : drb @Genesis:20:12 @Howbeit , otherwise also she is truly my sister , the daughter of my father , and not the daughter of my mother , and I took her to wife drb @Genesis:20:13 @And after God brought me out of my father 's house , I said to her : I Thou shalt do me this kindness : In every place , to which we shall come , thou shalt say that I am thy brother . drb @Genesis:20:14 @And Abimelech took sheep and oxen , and servants and handmaids , and gave to Abraham : and restored to him Sara , his wife . drb @Genesis:20:15 @And said : The land is before you , dwell wheresoever it shall please thee . drb @Genesis:20:16 @And to Sara he said : Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver : this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee , and whithersoever thou shalt go : and remember thou wast taken . drb @Genesis:20:17 @And when Abraham prayed , God healed Abimelech and his wife , and his handmaids , and they bore children : drb @Genesis:20:18 @For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech on ac - count of Sara , Abraham 's wife .

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