Genesis 20

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Abraham^H85 journeyed^H5265 from thence toward the land^H776 of the South,^H5045 and dwelt^H3427 between Kadesh^H6946 and Shur;^H7793 and he sojourned^H1481 in Gerar.^H1642

2 ♥ 📝 And Abraham^H85 said^H559 of^H413 Sarah^H8283 his wife,^H802 She is my sister:^H269 and Abimelech^H40 king^H4428 of Gerar^H1642 sent,^H7971 and took^H3947 Sarah.^H8283

3 ♥ 📝 But God^H430 came^H935 to Abimelech^H40 in a dream^H2472 of the night,^H3915 and said^H559 to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man,^H4191 because of the woman^H802 whom thou hast taken;^H3947 for she is a man's^H1167 wife.^H1166

4 ♥ 📝 Now Abimelech^H40 had not come near^H7126 her: and he said,^H559 Lord,^H136 wilt thou slay^H2026 even a righteous^H6662 nation?^H1471

5 ♥ 📝 Said^H559 he not himself 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 the innocency^H5356 of my hands^H3709 have I done^H6213 this.

6 ♥ 📝 And God^H430 said^H559 unto him in the dream,^H2472 Yea,^H1571 I know^H3045 that in the integrity^H8537 of thy heart^H3824 thou has done^H6213 this, and I also withheld^H2820 thee from sinning^H2398 against me: therefore suffered^H5414 I thee not to touch^H5060 her.

7 ♥ 📝 Now therefore restore^H7725 the man's^H376 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.

8 ♥ 📝 And 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

9 ♥ 📝 Then Abimelech^H40 called^H7121 Abraham,^H85 and said^H559 unto him, What hast thou done^H6213 unto us? and wherein have I sinned^H2398 against 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

10 ♥ 📝 And Abimelech^H40 said^H559 unto Abraham,^H85 What^H4100 sawest thou,^H7200 that thou hast done^H6213 this thing?^H1697

11 ♥ 📝 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^H802 sake.^H1697

12 ♥ 📝 And moreover she is indeed^H546 my sister,^H269 the daughter^H1323 of my father,^H1 but not the daughter^H1323 of my mother;^H517 and she became my wife:^H802

13 ♥ 📝 and it came to pass, when God^H430 caused me to wander^H8582 from my father's^H1 house,^H1004 that I said^H559 unto her, This is thy kindness^H2617 which thou shalt show^H6213 unto me: at every place^H4725 whither we shall come,^H935 say^H559 of me, He is my brother.^H251

14 ♥ 📝 And Abimelech^H40 took^H3947 sheep^H6629 and oxen,^H1241 and men-servants^H5650 and women-servants,^H8198 and gave^H5414 them unto Abraham,^H85 and restored^H7725 him Sarah^H8283 his wife.^H802

15 ♥ 📝 And Abimelech^H40 said,^H559 Behold, my land^H776 is before thee: dwell^H3427 where it pleaseth^H2896 thee.

16 ♥ 📝 And unto Sarah^H8283 he said,^H559 Behold, I have given^H5414 thy brother^H251 a thousand^H505 pieces of silver:^H3701 behold, it is for thee a covering^H3682 of the eyes^H5869 to all that are with thee; and in respect of all thou art righted.^H3198

17 ♥ 📝 And Abraham^H85 prayed^H6419 unto God:^H430 and God^H430 healed^H7495 Abimelech,^H40 and his wife,^H802 and his maid-servants;^H519 and they bare^H3205 children.

18 ♥ 📝 For Jehovah^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^H85 wife.^H802