Genesis:20

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* And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country , and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar . * And Abraham said of Sarah his wife , She is my sister ; and Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah . * But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night , and said to him , Behold , thou shalt die for the sake of the woman whom thou hast taken ; for she is a man ’s wife . * But Abimelech had not come near to her ; and he said , Lord , wilt thou then slay also a righteous nation ? * Said he not unto me , She is my sister ? and she , even she herself , said , He is my brother ; in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this . * And God said unto him in the dream , Yea , I also well know that thou hast done this in the integrity of thy heart ; therefore did I also withhold thee from sinning against me ; for this cause I suffered thee not to touch her . * And now restore the man ’s wife , for he is a prophet , and he will pray for thee , that thou mayest live ; and if thou restore her not , know thou , that thou shalt surety die , thou and all that are thine . * And Abimelech rose early in the morning , and called all his servants , and told all these things in their hearing ; and the men were greatly afraid . * Then Abimelech called Abraham , and said unto him , What hast thou done unto us ? and in what have I offended thee , that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin ? deeds that ought not to be done thou hast done unto me . * And Abimelech said unto Abraham , What sawest thou , that thou didst this thing ? * And Abraham said , Because I thought , Surely there is no fear of God in this place , and they will slay me for the sake of my wife . * And yet indeed she is my sister , the daughter of my father , but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife . * And it came to pass , when God caused me to wander from my father ’s house , that I said unto her , This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me ; at every place whither we shall come , say of me , He is my brother . * And Abimelech took sheep , and oxen , and men –servants , and women –servants , and gave them unto Abraham , and restored to him Sarah his wife . * And Abimelech said , Behold , my land is before thee : dwell where it is pleasing in thy eyes . * And unto Sarah he said , Behold , I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver : behold , this is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee ; and with all others thou canst thus justify thyself . * And Abraham prayed unto God ; and God healed Abimelech , and his wife , and his maid –servants , so that they could bear children . * For the Lord had fast closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech , because of Sarah , Abraham ’s wife .

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