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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 20 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Genesis 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/19.htm" title="Genesis 19">◄</a> Genesis 20 <a href="../genesis/21.htm" title="Genesis 21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/genesis/20.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Abraham and Abimelek</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Abimelek said, “My land is before you; live wherever you like.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand shekels <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms">a</a></sup></span> of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>for the <span class="name">Lord</span> had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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