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          DASV: Genesis 20    

1 From there Abraham journeyed toward the region of the Negev,
and settled between Kadesh and Shur. He stayed for a while in Gerar.
2 Then Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister."
So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream at night, and said to him,
"You are as good as dead, because of the woman you have taken;
for she is a married woman."
4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her. And he said, "Lord,
will you destroy an innocent nation?
5 Did he not tell me himself, 'She is my sister?' Even she herself said,
'He is my brother.' I have done this with a clear conscience.
My hands are clean."
6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done
this with a clear conscience, so I stopped you from sinning against me.
Therefore I did not let you touch her.
7 Now then return the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray
for you, and you will live. And if you do not return her,
know that you will surely die, you, and all who belong to you."

8 So Abimelech got up early in the morning, called all his servants,
and rehearsed all these things in their ears; and they were very afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you
done to us? How have I sinned against you that you would bring
such great guilt on me and on my kingdom? You have done things
to me that should never be done."
10 Abimelech asked Abraham, "What prompted you to do such a thing?"

11 Abraham replied, "Because I thought, 'There is no fear of God
in this place, they will kill me because of my wife.'
12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father,
but not of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 When God caused me to wander from my father's house, I said to her,
'This is how you can do to show me loyal love. Everywhere we go,
say about me, 'He is my brother.'"

14 Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male and female servants,
and gave them to Abraham, and he gave back Sarah his wife to him.
15 And Abimelech said, "Look, my land is before you. Live wherever you want."
16 To Sarah he said, "I have given your brother a thousand
pieces of silver. It is compensation in the eyes to all that
are with you. You are completely vindicated."

17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech,
his wife and his female servants so that once again they could
have children.
18 For the LORD had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech,
because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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