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Abraham removed from thence to the south country , and dwelt between Cedes and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara .
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And he said of Sara his wife : She is my sister . So Abimelech the king of Oerara sent , and took her.
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And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night , and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.
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Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said : Lord, wilt thou slay a nation , that is ignorant and justl
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Did not he say to me : She is my sister : and she say , He is my brother ? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.
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And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered 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: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die , thou and all that are thins.
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And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants : and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid .
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And Abimelech called also for Abraham , and said to him: What hast thou done to us ? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.
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And again he expostulated with him, and said , What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?
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Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place : and they will kill me for the sake of my wife :
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Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister , the daughter of my father , and not the daughter of my mother , and I took her to wife .
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And after God brought me out of my father 's house , I said to her: I Thou shalt do me this kindness : In every place , to which we shall come , thou shalt say that I am thy brother .
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And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids , and gave to Abraham : and restored to him Sara , his wife .
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And said : The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.
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And to Sara he said : Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver : this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken.
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And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife , and his handmaids , and they bore children:
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For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech on ac- count of Sara , Abraham 's wife .