Genesis 20
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Genesis 20:9-16

91Then AbimelechH40 calledH7121 AbrahamH85 and saidH559 to him, “WhatH4100 have you doneH6213 to us? And 2howH4100 have I sinnedH2398 against you, that you have broughtH935 on me and on my kingdomH4467 3a greatH1419 sinH2401? You have doneH6213 to me 4thingsH4639 that ought not to be doneH6213.”

10And AbimelechH40 saidH559 to AbrahamH85, “WhatH4100 have you 5encounteredH7200, that you have doneH6213 thisH2088 thingH1697?”

11AbrahamH85 saidH559, “BecauseH3588 I thoughtH559, surelyH7534 thereH369 is noH369 6fearH3374 of GodH430 in thisH2088 placeH4725, and 7they will killH2026 me becauseH5921H1697 of my wifeH802.

12BesidesH1571, she actuallyH546 is my sisterH269, the daughterH1323 of my fatherH1, but not the daughterH1323 of my motherH517, and she becameH1961 my wifeH802;

13and it cameH1961 about, whenH3512 8GodH430 caused me to wanderH8582 from my father’sH1 houseH1004, that I saidH559 to her, ‘ThisH2088 is 9the kindnessH2617 whichH834 you will showH6213 to me: 10everywhereH413H3605H4725H834H8033 we goH935, 11sayH559 of me, “He is my brotherH251.”’”

1412AbimelechH40 then tookH3947 sheepH6629 and oxenH1241 and maleH5650 and femaleH8198 servantsH5650H8198, and gaveH5414 them to AbrahamH85, and restoredH7725 his wifeH802 SarahH8283 to him.

15AbimelechH40 saidH559, “13BeholdH2009, my landH776 is beforeH6440 you; 14settleH3427 wherever 15you pleaseH2896H5869.”

16To SarahH8283 he saidH559, “BeholdH2009, I have givenH5414 your 16brotherH251 a thousandH505 pieces of silverH3701; beholdH2009, it is 17your vindicationH3682 before allH3605 whoH834 are with you, and beforeH854 allH3605 menH3605 you are clearedH3198.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 20:9 Gen 12:18 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 20:9 Lit what ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 20:9 Gen 39:9 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 20:9 Lit deeds ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 20:10 Lit seen ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 20:11 Neh 5:15; Prov 16:6 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 20:11 Gen 12:12; 26:7 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 20:13 Gen 12:1-9 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 20:13 Lit your ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 20:13 Lit at every place where ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 20:13 Gen 12:13; 20:5 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 20:14 Gen 12:16 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 20:15 Gen 13:9; 34:10; 47:6 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 20:15 Lit dwell ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 20:15 Lit it is good in your sight ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 20:16 Gen 20:5 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 20:16 Lit for you a covering of the eyes ↩

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