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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Abraham traveled from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar as an outsider, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2because Abraham kept saying about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister," King Abimelech of Gerar summoned them and took Sarah into his household. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night and spoke to him, "Pay attention! You're about to die, because the woman you have taken is a man's wife!" |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Now Abimelech had not yet come near her, so he asked, "LORD, will you destroy an innocent nation? |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Didn't he say to me, 'She's my sister'? And she also said, 'He's my brother.' I did this with pure intentions and clean hands." |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then God replied to him in the dream, "I know that you did this with pure intentions, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore, I didn't allow you to touch her. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Now then, return the man's wife. As a matter of fact, he's a prophet and can intercede for you so you'll live. But if you don't return her, be aware that you and all who are yours will certainly die." |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8So Abimelech got up early the next morning, summoned all his servants, and told them all these things. The men became terrified. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great sin against me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that ought not to have been done." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Abimelech also asked Abraham, "What could you have been thinking when you did this?" |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"I thought that there's no fear of God in this place," Abraham replied, "and that they would kill me because of my wife. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Besides, she really is my sister—she's my father's daughter, but not my mother's daughter—so she could become my wife. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13When God caused me to journey from my father's house, I asked her to do me this favor and say, 'He's my brother.'" |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14So Abimelech took some sheep and oxen, and some male and female servants, gave them to Abraham, returned his wife Sarah to him, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15and said, "Look! My land is available to you, so settle wherever you please." |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Abimelech also told Sarah, "Look! I am giving your brother 1,000 pieces of silver to vindicate you in the eyes of all who are with you. As a result, you will be completely vindicated." |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Then Abraham interceded with God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants so they could bear children, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18since the LORD had made all the women barren in Abimelech's household on account of Abraham's wife Sarah. |
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