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And Abraham departed thence towards the south country , and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourned at Gerar .
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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife , She is my sister . And Abimelech the 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, because of the woman that 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 also kill a righteous nation ?
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Did he not say to me, She is my sister ? and she, even she said , He is my brother . In the integrity of my heart and in the innocency of my hands have I done this.
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And God said to him in a dream , I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her.
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And now, restore the man 's wife ; for he is a prophet , and will pray for thee, that thou mayest live. And if thou do not restore [her], know that thou shalt certainly die , thou and all that is thine.
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And Abimelech rose early in the morning , and called all his servants , and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid .
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And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us ? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.
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And Abimelech said to Abraham , What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?
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And Abraham said , Because I said , Surely the fear of God is not in this place , and they will kill me for my wife 's sake.
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But she is also truly my sister , 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 to her, Let this be thy kindness which thou shalt shew to 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 bondmen and bondwomen, and gave [them] to Abraham , and restored him Sarah his wife .
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And Abimelech said , Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes .
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And to Sarah he said , Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver ; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes , in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.
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And Abraham prayed to God , and God healed Abimelech , and his wife and his handmaids , and they bore [children].
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For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham 's wife .