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bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same
is
the father of the Moabites unto this day.
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And
the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same
is
the father of the children
of Ammon unto this day.
CHAPTER 20
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and
Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She
is
my sister: and Abimelech
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3
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.
4
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, 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:
in the 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 I also withheld thee
from sinning against me: therefore suffered I 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: and if thou restore
her
not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, 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, 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.
10
And Abimelech said unto Abraham,
What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
11
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.
12
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.
13
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.
14
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave
them
unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15
And Abimelech
said, Behold, my land
is
before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16
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.
17
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants;
and they bare
children.
18
For the L
ORD
had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech,
because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
CHAPTER 21
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