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And Abraham[H85]journeyed[H5265] from thence toward the south[H5045]country[H776], and dwelled[H3427] between Kadesh[H6946] and Shur[H7793], and sojourned[H1481] in Gerar[H1642].
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And Abraham[H85]said[H559]of[H413]Sarah[H8283] his wife[H802], She is my sister[H269]: and Abimelech[H40]king[H4428]of[H413]Gerar[H1642]sent[H7971], and took[H3947]Sarah[H8283].
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But God[H430]came[H935] to Abimelech[H40] in a dream[H2472] by night[H3915], and said[H559] to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man[H4191], for the woman[H802] which thou hast taken[H3947]; for she is a man[H4191]'s wife[H1166].
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But Abimelech[H40] had not come near[H7126] her: and he said[H559], Lord[H136], wilt thou slay[H2026] also a righteous[H6662]nation?[H1471]
5Said[H559] he not unto me, She[H1931] is my sister?[H269] and she[H1931], even[H1571]she[H1931] herself said[H559], He is my brother[H251]: in the integrity[H8537] of my heart[H3824] and innocency[H5356] of my hands[H3709] have I done[H6213] this.
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And God[H430]said[H559] unto him in a dream[H2472], Yea[H1571], I know[H3045] that thou didst[H6213] this in the integrity[H8537] of thy heart[H3824]; for I also withheld[H2820] thee from sinning[H2398] against me: therefore suffered[H5414] I thee not to touch[H5060] her.
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Now therefore restore[H7725] the man[H376] his wife[H802]; for he is a prophet[H5030], and he shall pray[H6419] for thee[H1157], and thou shalt live[H2421]: and if thou restore[H7725] her not, know[H3045] thou that thou shalt surely[H4191]die[H4191], thou, and all that are thine.
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Therefore Abimelech[H40] rose early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and called[H7121] all his servants[H5650], and told[H1696] all these things[H1697] in their ears[H241]: and the men[H582] were sore[H3966]afraid[H3372].
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Then Abimelech[H40]called[H7121]Abraham[H85], and said[H559] unto him, What hast thou done[H6213] unto us? and what have I offended[H2398] thee, that thou hast brought[H935] on me and on my kingdom[H4467] a great[H1419]sin?[H2401] thou hast done[H6213]deeds[H4639] unto me that ought not to be done[H6213].
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And Abimelech[H40]said[H559] unto Abraham[H85], What[H4100] sawest thou[H7200], that thou[H7200] hast done[H6213] this thing?[H1697]
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And Abraham[H85]said[H559], Because I thought[H559], Surely[H7535] the fear[H3374] of God[H430] is not in this place[H4725]; and they will slay me[H2026] for my wife's sake[H1697].
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And yet indeed[H546] she is my sister[H269]; she is the daughter[H1323] of my father[H1], but not the daughter[H1323] of my mother[H517]; and she became my wife[H802].
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And it came to pass, when God[H430] caused me to wander[H8582] from my father's house[H1004], that I said[H559] unto her, This is thy kindness[H2617] which thou shalt shew[H6213] unto me; at every place[H4725] whither we shall come[H935], say[H559] of me, He is my brother[H251].
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And Abimelech[H40]took[H3947]sheep[H6629], and oxen[H1241], and menservants[H5650], and womenservants[H8198], and gave[H5414] them unto Abraham[H85], and restored[H7725] him Sarah[H8283] his wife[H802].
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And Abimelech[H40]said[H559], Behold, my land[H776] is before thee[H6440]: dwell[H3427] where it pleaseth[H2896]thee[H6440].
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And unto Sarah[H8283] he said[H559], Behold, I have given[H5414] thy brother[H251] a thousand[H505] pieces of silver[H3701]: behold, he is to thee a covering[H3682] of the eyes[H5869], unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved[H3198].
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So Abraham[H85]prayed[H6419] unto God[H430]: and God[H430]healed[H7495]Abimelech[H40], and his wife[H802], and his maidservants[H519]; and they bare[H3205] children.
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For the LORD[H3068] had fast[H6113] closed up[H6113] all the wombs[H7358] of the house[H1004] of Abimelech[H40], because[H1697] of Sarah[H8283] Abraham's wife[H802].