Bible (King James)/Genesis/Chapter 20

cir. 1898.And Abraham journeyed from ^[1] thence toward the ſouth country, and dwelled between ^[2] Kadeſh and Shur, and ^[3] ſojourned in Gerar.

2 And Abraham ſaid of Sarah his wife, ^[4] She is my ſiſter: and Abimelech king of Gerar ſent, and ^[5] took Sarah.

3 But ^[6] God came to Abimelech ^[7] in a dream by night, and ſaid to him, ^[8] Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou haſt taken; for ſhe is †† Heb. married to an huſband. a man's wife.

4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he ſaid, LORD, ^[9] wilt thou ſlay alſo a righteous nation?

5 Said he not unto me, She is my ſiſter? and ſhe, even ſhe herſelf ſaid, He is my brother: ^[10] in the ‖‖ Or, ſimplicity, or, ſincerity. integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

6 And God ſaid unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didſt this in the integrity of thy heart; for ^[11] I alſo withheld thee from ſinning ^[12] againſt me: therefore ſuffered I thee not to touch her.

7 Now therefore reſtore the man his wife; ^[13] for he is a prophet, and he ſhall pray for thee, and thou ſhalt live: and if thou reſtore her not, ^[14] know thou that thou ſhalt ſurely die, thou, ^[15] and all that are thine.

8 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.

9 ¶ Then Abimelech called Abraham, and ſaid unto him, What haſt thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, ^[16] that thou haſt brought on me and on my kingdom a great ſin? thou haſt done deeds unto me ^[17] that ought not to be done.

10 And Abimelech ſaid unto Abraham, What ſaweſt thou, that thou haſt done this thing?

11 And Abraham ſaid, Becauſe I thought, Surely ^[18] the fear of God is not in this place; and ^[19] they will ſlay me for my wife's ſake.

12 And yet indeed ^[20] ſhe is my ſiſter; ſhe is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and ſhe became my wife.

13 And it came to paſs, when ^[21] 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, ^[22] ſay of me, He is my brother.

14 ¶ And Abimelech ^[23] took ſheep, and oxen, and menſervants, and womenſervants, and gave them unto Abraham, and reſtored him Sarah his wife.

15 And Abimelech ſaid, Behold, ^[24] my land is before thee: dwell †† Heb. as is good in thine eyes. where it pleaſeth thee.

16 And unto Sarah he ſaid, Behold, I have given ^[25] thy brother a thouſand pieces of ſilver: ^[26] behold, he is to thee ^[27] a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus ſhe was reproved.

17 ¶ So Abraham ^[28] prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidſervants; and they bare children.

18 For the LORD ^[29] had faſt cloſed up all the wombs of the houſe of Abimelech, becauſe of Sarah Abraham's wife.