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Abraham's
Treachery |
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Genesis 20:1
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Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the
land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.
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Genesis 20:2
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Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister."
So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. |
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Genesis 20:3
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the
night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom
you have taken, for she is married." |
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Genesis 20:4
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Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he
said, "Lord, will You slay a nation, even though blameless? |
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Genesis 20:5
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"Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister'?
And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the
innocence of my hands I have done this." |
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Genesis 20:6
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Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know
that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from
sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. |
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Genesis 20:7
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"Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for
he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not
restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours." |
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Genesis 20:8
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So Abimelech arose early in the morning and
called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men
were greatly frightened. |
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Genesis 20:9
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Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him,
"What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought
on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not
to be done." |
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Genesis 20:10
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And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What have you
encountered, that you have done this thing?" |
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Genesis 20:11
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Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there
is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. |
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Genesis 20:12
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"Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter
of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife; |
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Genesis 20:13
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and it came about, when God caused me to wander
from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is the kindness which you will
show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'" |
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Genesis 20:14
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Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male
and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to
him. |
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Genesis 20:15
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Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you;
settle wherever you please." |
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Genesis 20:16
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To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your
brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all
who are with you, and before all men you are cleared." |
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Genesis 20:17
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Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech
and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children. |
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Genesis 20:18
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For the LORD had closed fast all the wombs of
the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. |
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