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And Abraham said of Sara his wife, that she was his sister. Then Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and fetched Sara away.
And God came to Abimelech by night in a dream and said to him, "See, thou art but a dead man for the woman's sake which thou hast taken away, for she is a man's wife."
But Abimelech had not yet come nigh her, and therefore said, "LORD, wilt thou slay righteous people?
Then Abimelech rose up betimes in the morning and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears, and the men were sore afraid.
And Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him, "What hast thou done unto us, and what have I offended thee, that thou shouldest bring on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? Thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done."
And Abimelech said moreover unto Abraham, "What sawest thou that moved thee to do this thing?"
Then took Abimelech sheep and oxen, menservants and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and delivered him Sara his wife again.
And Abimelech said, "Behold, the land lieth before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee best."
And so Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidens, so that they bare.
For the LORD had closed to all the matrices of the house of Abimelech, because of Sara, Abraham's wife.
And it chanced, the same season, that Abimelech and Phicol his chief captain spake unto Abraham saying, "God is with thee in all that thou doest.
And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had taken away.
And Abimelech answered, "I wist not who did it: Also thou toldest me not, neither heard I of it, but this day."
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them unto Abimelech. And they made both of them a bond together.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, "What mean these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?"
Thus made they a bond together at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol his chief Captain rose up and turned again unto the land of the Philistines.
And there fell a dearth in the land, passing the first dearth that fell in the days of Abraham. Wherefore Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.
And it happened after he had been there long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebekah his wife.
And Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "See, she is of a surety thy wife, and why saidest thou that she was thy sister?" And Isaac said unto him, "I thought that I might peradventure have died for her sake."
Then said Abimelech, "Why hast thou done this unto us? One of the people might lightly have lain by thy wife and so shouldest thou have brought sin upon us."
Then Abimelech charged all his people saying, "He that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely die for it."
Then said Abimelech unto Isaac, "Get thee from me, for thou art mightier than we a great deal."
Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar; and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol his chief captain.
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