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chapter 20
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Abraham
removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cedes and Sur, and
sojourned in Gerara.
2 And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So
Abimelech the king of Oerara sent, and took her.
3 And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he
said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a
husband.
4 Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said :
Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that is ignorant and justl
5 Did not he say to me : She is my sister: and she say,
He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have
I done this.
6 And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it
with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me,
and I suffered 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: but if thou wilt not
restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thins.
8 And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night,
called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all
the men were exceedingly afraid.
9 And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to
him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast
brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou
oughtest not to do.
10 And again he expostulated with him, and said, What
sawest thou, that thou hast done this?
11 Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying:
Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for
the sake of my wife:
12 Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the
daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her to
wife.
13 And after God brought me out of my father's house, I
said to her: I Thou shalt do me this kindness: In every place, to which we
shall come, thou shalt say that I am thy brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and
handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara, his wife.
16 And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever
it shall please thee.
16 And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother
a thousand pieces of silver: this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes
to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou
wast taken.
17 And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and
his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:
18 For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house
of Abimelech on ac- count of Sara, Abraham's wife.
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