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Gen 20:1

& Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the (I.e. South country) Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.

Gen 20:2

& Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Gen 20:3

& But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married."

Gen 20:4

& Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, will You slay a nation, even {though} blameless?

Gen 20:5

& ~"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."

Gen 20:6

& Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

Gen 20:7

& ~"Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore {her,} know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."

Gen 20:8

& So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly frightened.

Gen 20:9

& 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 on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done."

Gen 20:10

& And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?"

Gen 20:11

& Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

Gen 20:12

& ~"Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

Gen 20:13

& and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, `This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother.""'

Gen 20:14

& Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him.

Gen 20:15

& Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please."

Gen 20:16

& To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared."

Gen 20:17

& Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore {children.}

Gen 20:18

& For the LORD had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.