Previous Chapter Full Page Full Page Next Chapter

Genesis 20 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Gen 20:1

Gen 20:1Avraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foriegner in Gerar.

Gen 20:2

Gen 20:2Avraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Avimelekh king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Gen 20:3

Gen 20:3But God came to Avimelekh in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."

Gen 20:4

Gen 20:4Now Avimelekh had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

Gen 20:5

Gen 20:5Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."

Gen 20:6

Gen 20:6God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.

Gen 20:7

Gen 20:7Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.

Gen 20:8

Gen 20:8Avimelekh rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.

Gen 20:9

Gen 20:9Then Avimelekh called Avraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"

Gen 20:10

Gen 20:10Avimelekh said to Avraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"

Gen 20:11

Gen 20:11Avraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'

Gen 20:12

Gen 20:12Moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Gen 20:13

Gen 20:13It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"

Gen 20:14

Gen 20:14Avimelekh took sheep and oxen, men-servants and women-servants, and gave them to Avraham, and restored Sarah, his wife to him.

Gen 20:15

Gen 20:15Avimelekh said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."

Gen 20:16

Gen 20:16To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."

Gen 20:17

Gen 20:17Avraham prayed to God. God healed Avimelekh, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children.

Gen 20:18

Gen 20:18For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Avimelekh, because of Sarah, Avraham's wife.
Translation Copyright Logo

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

Translations available: 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 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.