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And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south , and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourneth in Gerar ;
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and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife , `She is my sister ;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah .
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And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night , and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'
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And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith , `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay ?
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hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister ! and she, even she herself, said , He [is] my brother ; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands , I have done this.'
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And God saith unto him in the dream , `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;
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and now send back the man 's wife , for he [is] inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back , know that dying thou dost die , thou, and all that thou hast.'
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And Abimelech riseth early in the morning , and calleth for all his servants , and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly;
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and Abimelech calleth for Abraham , and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us ? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'
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Abimelech also saith unto Abraham , `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'
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And Abraham saith , `Because I said , `Surely the fear of God is not in this place , and they have slain me for the sake of my wife ;
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and also, truly she is my sister , daughter of my father , only not daughter of my mother , and she becometh my wife ;
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and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father 's house , that I say to her, This [is] thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come , say of me, He [is] my brother .'
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And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids , and giveth to Abraham , and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife ;
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and Abimelech saith , `Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes , dwell ;'
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and to Sarah he hath said , `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother ; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes , to all who are with thee;' and by all this she is reasoned with.
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And Abraham prayeth unto God , and God healeth Abimelech and his wife , and his handmaids , and they bear:
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for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech , because of Sarah , Abraham 's wife .