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Genesis 20:9-12

9ThenAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40calledוַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֗םle.'av.ra.HamH85, andsaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, What hast thoudoneעָשִׂ֤יתָ'a.Si.taH6213to us? and how have Ioffendedחָטָ֣אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398thee, that thou hastbroughtהֵבֵ֧אתָhe.Ve.taH935on me and on mykingdomמַמְלַכְתִּ֖יmam.lakh.TiH4467agreatגְדֹלָ֑הge.do.LahH1419sinחֲטָאָ֣הcha.ta.'AhH2401? thou hastdoneיֵֽעָשׂ֔וּye.'a.SuH6213deedsמַעֲשִׂים֙ma.'a.SimH4639to me that ought not to bedoneעָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.taH6213.

10AndAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85,Whatמָ֣הmahH4100sawestthouרָאִ֔יתָra.'I.taH7200, that thou hastdoneעָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.taH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697?

11AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, Because Ithoughtאָמַ֗רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,Surelyרַ֚קrakH7535thefearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374ofGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430is not in thisplaceבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725; and they will slaymeוַהֲרָג֖וּנִיva.ha.ra.Gu.niH2026for mywife’sאִשְׁתִּֽי׃'ish.TiH802sakeדְּבַ֥רde.VarH1697.

12And yetindeedאָמְנָ֗ה'a.me.NahH546she is mysisterאֲחֹתִ֤י'a.cho.TiH269; she is thedaughterבַת־vat-H1323of myfatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1, but not thedaughterבַת־vat-H1323of mymotherאִמִּ֑י'i.MiH517; and she became mywifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

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