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Genesis 20 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:7 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - 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 show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
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Genesis Chapter 20 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras