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Genesis 20:14-18

14And Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947sheepצֹ֣אןtzonH6629,and oxenוּבָקָ֗רu.va.KarH1241,and menservantsוַעֲבָדִים֙va.'a.va.DimH5650,and womenservantsוּשְׁפָחֹ֔תu.she.fa.ChotH8198,and gaveוַיִּתֵּ֖ןvai.yi.TenH5414themunto Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֑םle.'av.ra.HamH85,and restoredוַיָּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725him Sarahשָׂרָ֥הsa.RahH8283his wifeאִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃'ish.ToH802.

15And Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Behold, my landאַרְצִ֖י'ar.TziH776isbefore theeלְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440:dwellשֵֽׁב׃ShevH3427where it pleasethבַּטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָba.Tov be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869 H2896thee.

16And unto Sarahוּלְשָׂרָ֣הu.le.sa.RahH8283he saidאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559,Behold, I have givenנָתַ֜תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414thy brotherלְאָחִ֔יךְle.'a.ChikhH251a thousandאֶ֤לֶף'E.lefH505piecesof silverכֶּ֙סֶף֙ke.sefH3701: behold, he isto thee a coveringכְּס֣וּתke.SutH3682of the eyesעֵינַ֔יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869, unto all that are with thee, and with all other:thus she was reprovedוְנֹכָֽחַת׃ve.no.Kha.chatH3198.

17So Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם'av.ra.HamH85prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419unto Godהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430:and Godאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430healedוַיִּרְפָּ֨אvai.yir.Pa'H7495Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40,and his wifeאִשְׁתּ֛וֹ'ish.ToH802,and his maidservantsוְאַמְהֹתָ֖יוve.'am.ho.TavH519;and they bareוַיֵּלֵֽדוּ׃vai.ye.Le.duH3205children.

18For Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068had fastעָצֹ֤ר'a.TzorH6113closed upעָצַר֙'a.TzarH6113all the wombsרֶ֖חֶםRe.chemH7358of the houseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004of Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40,becauseדְּבַ֥רde.VarH1697of Sarahשָׂרָ֖הsa.RahH8283Abraham’sאַבְרָהָֽם׃ ס'av.ra.HamH85wifeאֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shetH802.

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