Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Now
Abraham journeyed from there
to
the region
of the Negev
and settled
between Kadesh and Shur. While
he was
staying
in Gerar ,
And
Abraham journeyed from thence
toward
the land
of the South,
and dwelt
between Kadesh and Shur. And
he sojourned
in Gerar .
Abraham said of his wife Sarah
, “
She is my sister. ”
So
Abimelech king of Gerar had
Sarah brought
to
him
.
And
Abraham said of Sarah
his wife, She is my sister. And
Abimelech king of Gerar sent,
and
took
Sarah.
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
. ”
But
God came to Abimelech in a dream of
the
night,
and said
to
him, Behold,
thou
art
but
a
dead man,
because of the woman whom
thou
hast
taken .
For she is a man's
wife
.
Now Abimelech had not gone
near her ,
so
he replied
, “
Lord, would
You
destroy
a nation even
though
it
is
innocent
?
Now Abimelech had not come
near her .
And
he said
, Lord, wilt
thou
slay
even
a righteous
nation?
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. ”
Said
he
not
himself
unto
me, She is my sister? And she ,
even
she
herself said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and the innocency
of my hands have
I
done
this
.
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.
And
God said unto
him
in the dream, Yea
, I know that in
the
integrity
of
thy
heart
thou
has
done
this, and I also
withheld
thee
from sinning against me. Therefore
suffered
I thee
not to
touch her.
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
. ”
Now therefore
restore
the man's
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
.
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
.
And
Abimelech
rose
early in
the morning ,
and called
all his servants ,
and told
all these
things
in
their
ear.
And
the men were sore
afraid
.
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. ”
Then Abimelech called Abraham ,
and said
unto
him
, What hast
thou
done unto
us? And
wherein
have I sinned against 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.
Abimelech also
asked
Abraham, “
What prompted
you
to
do
such
a
thing? ”
And
Abimelech said
unto
Abraham, What sawest
thou,
that
thou
hast
done
this
thing?
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
. ’
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
.
Besides,
she really
is my sister, the daughter of my father —though
not the daughter of my mother —
and she became my wife .
And
moreover
she is indeed
my sister, the daughter of my father ,
but
not the daughter of my mother ;
and she became my wife :
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. ”’”
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
show unto
me .
At
every
place
whither
we shall
come
, say of me, He is my brother.
So
Abimelech brought
sheep and cattle
, menservants
and maidservants
, and he
gave them to
Abraham and restored his wife Sarah
to
him
.
And
Abimelech took
sheep and oxen
, and men-servants
and
women-servants
, and gave them unto
Abraham ,
and restored him
Sarah
his wife.
And Abimelech said, “Look
, my land is before you
. Settle
wherever
you
please
. ”
And Abimelech said, Behold
, my land is before thee
. Dwell
where
it
pleaseth
thee
.
And he said to
Sarah
, “See
, I am
giving
your
brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your
vindication
before
all who
are with you;
you
are
completely
cleared
. ”
And unto
Sarah
he said, Behold
, I have
given
thy
brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold,
it is for
thee
a
covering
of
the
eyes
to
all that
are with thee
. And
in
respect
of
all
thou
art
righted.
Then
Abraham prayed to
God ,
and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants,
so
that
they could
again
bear
children —
And
Abraham prayed unto
God .
And God healed Abimelech ,
and his wife ,
and his maid-servants.
And
they bare
children .
for on
account
of
Abraham’s
wife
Sarah,
the
LORD
had completely
closed all the wombs in
Abimelech’s
household
.
For Jehovah
had fast
closed up
all the wombs of
the
house
of
Abimelech,
because
of
Sarah,
Abraham's
wife
.
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