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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 BSB</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">BSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/genesis/20.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that 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. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.” <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.” <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’ <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.” <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children— <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>a thousand shekels of silver</i>; that is, approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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