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Then he said, “Lord, will You kill a nation, even <i>though</i> righteous? <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself also said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hands I have done this.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then God said to him in the dream, “Indeed, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>held you back from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So 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 <i>her</i>, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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 afraid. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>things that ought not to be done.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you seen, that you have done this thing?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Abraham said, “Because I said, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and it happened when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the lovingkindness which you will show to me: <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham and returned his wife Sarah to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>settle wherever it is good in your sight.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother one thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>your vindication before all who are with you, and before all you are <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>cleared.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they bore <i>children</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For Yahweh had utterly shut all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> South country<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>married to a husband</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>palms</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>restrained</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>what</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>deeds</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>your</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>at every place where</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>dwell</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>for you a covering of the eyes</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>decided</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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