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Genesis 20:9-12

9Then Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40calledוַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֗םle.'av.ra.HamH85and askedוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whatמֶֽה־meh-H4100have you doneעָשִׂ֤יתָ'a.Si.taH6213to us?Howוּמֶֽה־u.meh-H4100have I sinnedחָטָ֣אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398against you,thatכִּֽי־ki-H3588you have broughtהֵבֵ֧אתָhe.Ve.taH935such tremendousגְדֹלָ֑הge.do.LahH1419guiltחֲטָאָ֣הcha.ta.'AhH2401upon meעָלַ֛י'a.LaiH5921andוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921my kingdomמַמְלַכְתִּ֖יmam.lakh.TiH4467?You have doneיֵֽעָשׂ֔וּye.'a.SuH6213thingsמַעֲשִׂים֙ma.'a.SimH4639to meעִמָּדִֽי׃'i.ma.DiH5978thatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834should notלֹא־lo'-H3808be doneעָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.taH6213.”

10Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40also askedוַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־vai.Yo.mer 'el-H559 H413Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85, “Whatמָ֣הmahH4100promptedרָאִ֔יתָ כִּ֥יra.'I.ta kiH7200 H3588you to doעָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.taH6213אֶת־'et-H853suchהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088a thingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697?”

11Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם כִּ֣י'av.ra.Ham kiH85 H3588repliedוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, “I thought to myselfאָמַ֗רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, ‘Surelyרַ֚קrakH7535there is noאֵין־'ein-H369fearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374of Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430in thisהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088placeבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725.They will kill meוַהֲרָג֖וּנִיva.ha.ra.Gu.niH2026on account ofעַל־ דְּבַ֥ר'al- de.VarH5921 H1697my wifeאִשְׁתִּֽי׃'ish.TiH802.’

12Besidesוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571,sheהִ֔ואhi'H1931reallyאָמְנָ֗ה'a.me.NahH546is my sisterאֲחֹתִ֤י'a.cho.TiH269,the daughterבַת־vat-H1323of my fatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1—thoughאַ֖ךְ'akhH389notלֹ֣אlo'H3808the daughterבַת־vat-H1323of my motherאִמִּ֑י'i.MiH517—and she becameוַתְּהִי־va.te.hi-H1961mywifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

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