| 20:1 |
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south
country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and
sojourned in Gerar. |
| 20:2 |
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister:
and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. |
| 20:3 |
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. |
| 20:4 |
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said,
Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? |
| 20:5 |
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. |
| 20:6 |
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. |
| 20:7 |
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. |
| 20:8 |
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. |
| 20:9 |
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. |
| 20:10 |
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou,
that thou hast done this thing? |
| 20:11 |
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. |
| 20:12 |
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. |
| 20:13 |
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. |
| 20:14 |
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants,
and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and
restored him Sarah his wife. |
| 20:15 |
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee:
dwell where it pleaseth thee. |
| 20:16 |
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy
brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to
thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee,
and with all other: thus she was reproved. |
| 20:17 |
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech,
and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare
children. |
| 20:18 |
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the
house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. |