| 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South,
and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And
Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar
sent, and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night,
and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom
thou hast taken. For she is a man's wife. 4 Now Abimelech had not come
near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?
5 Said he not himself 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. 6 And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know
that in the integrity of thy heart thou has done this, and I also withheld
thee from sinning against me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man's 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.
8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants,
and told all these things in their ear. And the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done
unto us? And wherein have I sinned against 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. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou
hast done this thing? 11 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.
12 And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but
not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife: 13 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. 14 And Abimelech took
sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto
Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold,
my land is before thee. Dwell where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he
said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold,
it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee. And in
respect of all thou art righted. 17 And Abraham prayed unto God. And God
healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bare
children. 18 For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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