GENESIS CHAPTER 20 (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV)

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CHAP. XX.

1 Abraham soiourneth at Gerar, 2 denieth his wife, and loseth her. 3 Abimelech is reproued for her in a dreame. 9 He rebuketh Abraham, 14 restoreth Sarah, 16 and reprooueth her. 17 Hee is healed by Abrahams prayer.

¹ And Abraham iourneyed from thence, toward the South-Countrey, and dwelled betweene Cadesh and Shur, and soiourned in Gerar.

² And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: And Abimelech King of Gerar sent, and tooke Sarah.

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dreame by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken: for shee is a mans wife.³

⁴ But Abimelech had not come neere her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

⁵ Said he not vnto me, She is my sister? and she, euen she herselfe said, Hee is my brother: in the integritie of my heart, and innocencie of my hands haue I done this.⁵

⁶ And God saide vnto him in a dreame, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integritie of thy heart: for I also withheld thee from sinning against mee, therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

⁷ Now therefore restore the man his wife: for he is a Prophet, and he shal pray for thee, and thou shalt liue: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

⁸ Therefore Abimelech rose earely in the morning, and called all his seruants, and told all these things in their eares: and the men were sore afraid.

⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said vnto him, What hast thou done vnto vs? and what haue I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdome a great sinne? thou hast done deeds vnto mee that ought not to be done.

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

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the feare of God is not in this place: and they will slay mee for my wiues sake.

¹² And yet indeed shee is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and shee became my wife.

¹³ And it came to passe when God caused me to wander from my fathers house, that I said vnto her, This is thy kindnesse which thou shalt shew vnto me; at euery place whither wee shall come, say of me, He is my brother.¹³

¹⁴ And Abimelech tooke sheepe and oxen, and men-seruants, and women seruants, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

¹⁵ And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee; dwel where it pleaseth thee.¹⁵

¹⁶ And vnto Sarah hee said, Behold, I haue giuen thy brother a thousand pieces of siluer: behold, he is to thee a couering of the eyes, vnto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus shee was reproued.

¹⁷ ¶ So Abraham prayed vnto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-seruants, and they bare children.

¹⁸ For the LORD had fast closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.

Genesis Chapter 20 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible)

³ Heb. married to an husband.
⁵ Or, simplicitie or sinceritie.
¹³ Chap.12. 13.
¹⁵ Heb. as is good in thine eyes.

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