The First Book of Moses, called Genesis 20

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1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar ⚑

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife She is my sister and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah ⚑

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him Behold thou art but a dead man for the woman which thou hast taken for she is a man’s wife ⚑

4 But Abimelech had not come near her and he said Lord wilt thou slay also a righteous nation ⚑

5 Said he not unto me She is my sister and she even she herself said He is my brother in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this ⚑

6 And God said unto 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 suffered I thee not to touch her ⚑

7 Now therefore restore the man his wife for he is a prophet and he shall pray for thee and thou shalt live and if thou restore her not know thou that thou shalt surely die thou and all that are thine ⚑

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their ears and the men were sore afraid ⚑

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him What hast thou done unto us and what have I offended thee that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done ⚑

10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing ⚑

11 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 ⚑

12 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 ⚑

13 And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my ather’s house that I said unto her This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me at every place whither we shall come say of me He is my brother ⚑

14 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen and menservants and womenservants and gave them unto Abraham and restored him Sarah his wife ⚑

15 And Abimelech said Behold my land is before thee dwell where it pleaseth thee ⚑

16 And unto Sarah he said Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee and with all other thus she was reproved ⚑

17 So Abraham prayed unto God and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants and they bare children ⚑

18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah raham’s wife ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain