Genesis 20
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And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

a prophet. The word navi, rendered a prophet, not only signifies one who foretell future events, but also an intercessor, instructor. See

1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed …

1 Kings 18:1-46 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came …

1 Corinthians 14:4 He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself; but he that …

Exodus 4:16 And he shall be your spokesman to the people: and he shall be, even …

Exodus 7:1 And the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: …

Exodus 12:1-3 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying…

Exodus 18:17 And Moses' father in law said to him, The thing that you do is not good.

Exodus 7:1 And the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: …

1 Chronicles 16:22 Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show …

Psalm 105:9-15 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac…

Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past …

pray.

Leviticus 6:4,7 Then it shall be, because he has sinned, and is guilty, that he shall …

1 Samuel 7:5,8 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for …

1 Samuel 12:19,23 And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the …

2 Samuel 24:17 And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the …

1 Kings 13:6 And the king answered and said to the man of God, Entreat now the …

2 Kings 5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, …

2 Kings 19:2-4 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the …

Job 42:8 Therefore take to you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to …

Jeremiah 14:11 Then said the LORD to me, Pray not for this people for their good.

Jeremiah 15:1 Then said the LORD to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, …

Jeremiah 27:18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, …

James 5:14-16 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; …

1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall …

Revelation 11:5,6 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, …

surely.

Genesis 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, …

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not …

Genesis 12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because …

Job 34:19 How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor …

Psalm 105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;

Ezekiel 3:18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him …

Ezekiel 33:8,14-16 When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if …

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators …

all.

Genesis 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: …

Numbers 16:32,33 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their …

2 Samuel 24:17 And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the …

Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

And yet.

Genesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was …

Genesis 12:13 Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for …

1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

she is the. Ebn Batrik, in his annals, among other ancient traditions, has preserved the following: 'Terah first married Yona, by whom he had Abraham; afterwards he married Tehevita, by whom he had Sarah.'

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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