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Genesis 20 – New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Abraham's Treachery

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - Now Abraham H85 journeyed H5265 from there H8033 toward the land H776 of the [fn]Negev, H5045 and [fn]settled H3427 between H996 Kadesh H6946 and Shur; H7793 then he sojourned H1481 in Gerar. H1642
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - Abraham H85 said H559 of Sarah H8283 his wife, H802 “She is my sister.” H269 So Abimelech H40 king H4428 of Gerar H1642 sent H7971 and took H3947 Sarah. H8283
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But God H430 came H935 to Abimelech H40 in a dream H2472 of the night, H3915 and said H559 to him, “Behold, H2009 you are a dead H4191 man because H5921 of the woman H802 whom H834 you have taken, H3947 for she is [fn]married.” H1167 H1166
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - Now Abimelech H40 had not come H7126 near H7126 her; and he said, H559 “Lord, H136 will You slay H2026 a nation, H1471 even H1571 though [fn]blameless? H6662
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - “Did he not himself H1931 say H559 to me, ‘She is my sister’? H269 And she herself H1931 said, H559 ‘He is my brother.’ H251 In the integrity H8537 of my heart H3824 and the innocence H5356 of my [fn]hands H3709 I have done H6213 this.” H2088
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - Then God H430 said H559 to him in the dream, H2472 “Yes, H1571 I know H3045 that in the integrity H8537 of your heart H3824 you have done H6213 this, H2088 and I also H1571 [fn]kept H2820 you from sinning H2398 against Me; therefore H5921 H3651 I did not let H5414 you touch H5060 her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:7 - “Now H6258 therefore, restore H7725 the man’s H376 wife, H802 for he is a prophet, H5030 and he will pray H6419 for you and you will live. H2421 But if H518 you do not restore H7725 her, know H3045 that you shall surely H4191 die, H4191 you and all H3605 who H834 are yours.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - So Abimelech H40 arose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and called H7121 all H3605 his servants H5650 and told H1696 all H3605 these H428 things H1697 in their hearing; H241 and the men H376 were greatly H3966 frightened. H3372
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called H7121 Abraham H85 and said H559 to him, “What H4100 have you done H6213 to us? And [fn]how H4100 have I sinned H2398 against you, that you have brought H935 on me and on my kingdom H4467 a great H1419 sin? H2401 You have done H6213 to me [fn]things H4639 that ought not to be done.” H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abimelech H40 said H559 to Abraham, H85 “What H4100 have you [fn]encountered, H7200 that you have done H6213 this H2088 thing?” H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - Abraham H85 said, H559 “Because H3588 I thought, H559 surely H7534 there H369 is no H369 fear H3374 of God H430 in this H2088 place, H4725 and they will kill H2026 me because H5921 H1697 of my wife. H802
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - “Besides, H1571 she actually H546 is my sister, H269 the daughter H1323 of my father, H1 but not the daughter H1323 of my mother, H517 and she became H1961 my wife; H802
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - and it came H1961 about, when H834 God H430 caused me to wander H8582 from my father’s H1 house, H1004 that I said H559 to her, ‘This H2088 is [fn]the kindness H2617 which H834 you will show H6213 to me: [fn]everywhere H413 H3605 H4725 H834 H8033 we go, H935 say H559 of me, “He is my brother.”’” H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Abimelech H40 then took H3947 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and male H5650 and female H8198 servants, H5650 H8198 and gave H5414 them to Abraham, H85 and restored H7725 his wife H802 Sarah H8283 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - Abimelech H40 said, H559 “Behold, H2009 my land H776 is before H6440 you; [fn]settle H3427 wherever [fn]you please.” H2896 H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah H8283 he said, H559 “Behold, H2009 I have given H5414 your brother H251 a thousand H505 pieces of silver; H3701 behold, H2009 it is [fn]your vindication H3682 before all H3605 who H834 are with you, and before H854 all H3605 men H3605 you are cleared.” H3198
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - Abraham H85 prayed H6419 to God, H430 and God H430 healed H7495 Abimelech H40 and his wife H802 and his maids, H519 so that they bore H3205 children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD H3068 had closed H6113 fast H6113 all H3605 the wombs H7358 of the household H1004 of Abimelech H40 because H5921 H1697 of Sarah, H8283 Abraham’s H85 wife. H802
NASB95 Footnotes
I.e. South country
Literally: dwelt
Literally: married to a husband
Literally: righteous
Literally: palms
Literally: restrained
Literally: what
Literally: deeds
Literally: seen
Literally: your
Literally: at every place where
Literally: dwell
Literally: it is good in your sight
Literally: for you a covering of the eyes
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