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Genesis 20:3-5

3But Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430cameוַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'H935to Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40in a dreamבַּחֲל֣וֹםba.cha.LomH2472by nightהַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahH3915,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, Behold, thou art buta dead manמֵת֙metH4191,for the womanהָאִשָּׁ֣הha.'i.ShahH802which thou hast takenלָקַ֔חְתָּla.Kach.taH3947; for she isa man’sבָּֽעַל׃Ba.'alH1167wifeבְּעֻ֥לַתbe.'U.latH1166.

4But Abimelechוַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְva.'a.vi.Me.lekhH40had not come nearקָרַ֖בka.RavH7126her: and he saidוַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.MarH559,Lordאֲדֹנָ֕י'a.do.NaiH136,wilt thou slayתַּהֲרֹֽג׃ta.ha.RogH2026also a righteousצַדִּ֖יקtza.DikH6662nationהֲג֥וֹיha.GoyH1471?

5Saidאָֽמַר־'a.mar-H559he not unto me, SheH1931ismy sisterאֲחֹ֣תִי'a.Cho.tiH269?and sheH1931,evenגַם־gam-H1571sheH1931herself saidאָֽמְרָ֖ה'a.me.RahH559, He ismy brotherאָחִ֣י'a.ChiH251:in the integrityבְּתָם־be.tom-H8537of my heartלְבָבִ֛יle.va.ViH3824and innocencyוּבְנִקְיֹ֥ןu.ve.nik.YonH5356of my handsכַּפַּ֖יka.PaiH3709have I doneעָשִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213this.

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