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And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country ,
and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur ,
and 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 ,
thou art but a dead man ,
for the woman which thou hast taken ;
for she is a man '
s wife .
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But Abimelech had not come near her :
and he said ,
Lord ,
wilt thou slay also a righteous nation ?
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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 innocency of my hands have I done this .
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And God said unto him in a dream ,
Yea ,
I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ;
for I also withheld thee from sinning against me :
therefore suffered I thee not to touch her .
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Now therefore restore the man his wife ;
for he is a prophet ,
and he shall pray for thee ,
and thou shalt live :
and if thou restore her not ,
know thou that thou shalt surely die ,
thou ,
and all that are thine .
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Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning ,
and called all his servants ,
and told all these things in their ears :
and the men were sore afraid .
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Then Abimelech called Abraham ,
and said unto him ,
What hast thou done unto us ?
and what have I offended thee ,
that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin ?
thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done .
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham ,
What sawest thou ,
that thou hast done this thing ?
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And Abraham said ,
Because I thought ,
Surely the fear of God is not in this place ;
and they will slay me for my wife '
s sake .
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And yet indeed she is my sister ;
she is the daughter of my father ,
but not the daughter of my mother ;
and she became my wife .
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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 shew unto me ;
at every place whither we shall come ,
say of me ,
He is my brother .
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And Abimelech took sheep ,
and oxen ,
and menservants ,
and womenservants ,
and gave them unto Abraham ,
and restored him Sarah his wife .