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And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country , and dwelt between Kadash and Shur , and sojourned in Gerar .
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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife , she is my sister : And Abimelech 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, on account of the woman whom 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 slay a righteous nation ?
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Said he not to me, She is my sister ? and she, even she herself Said , He is my brother : in the integrity of my heart, and innocence of my hands have I done this.
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And God said to 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 I suffered thee not to touch her.
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Now therefore restore to the man his wife , for he is a prophet , and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou shalt not restore her, know thou that thou shalt surely die , thou and all that are thine.
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Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning , and called all his servants , and told all these things in their ears: and the men were greatly afraid .
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Then Abimelech called Abraham , and said to him, What has thou done to us ? and in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds to me that ought not to be done.
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And Abimelech said to Abraham , What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
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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.
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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 .
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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, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show 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 men-servants , and women -servants , and gave them to Abraham , and restored to him Sarah his wife .
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And Abimelech said , Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
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And to Sarah he said , Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver : behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes , to all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
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So Abraham prayed to God : and God healed Abimelech , and his wife , and his maid-servants, and they bore children.
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For the LORD had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech , because of Sarah , Abraham 's wife .