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KJV Bible (with Strong's and TVM)

Genesis 20

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And Abrahamh85 journeyedh5265h8799 from thence toward the southh5045 countryh776, and dwelledh3427h8799 between Kadeshh6946 and Shurh7793, and sojournedh1481h8799 in Gerarh1642.

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And Abrahamh85 saidh559h8799 ofh413 Sarahh8283 his wifeh802, She is my sisterh269: and Abimelechh40 kingh4428 of Gerarh1642 senth7971h8799, and tookh3947h8799 Sarahh8283.

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But Godh430 cameh935h8799 to Abimelechh40 in a dreamh2472 by nighth3915, and saidh559h8799 to him, Behold, thou art but a dead manh4191h8801, for the womanh802 which thou hast takenh3947h8804; for she is a man'sh1167 wifeh1166h8803. a man's...: Heb. married to an husband

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But Abimelechh40 had not come nearh7126h8804 her: and he saidh559h8799, Lordh136, wilt thou slayh2026h8799 also a righteoush6662 nationh1471?

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Saidh559h8804 he not unto me, Sheh1931 is my sisterh269? and sheh1931, evenh1571 sheh1931 herself saidh559h8804, He is my brotherh251: in the integrityh8537 of my hearth3824 and innocencyh5356 of my handsh3709 have I doneh6213h8804 this. integrity: or, simplicity, or, sincerity

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And Godh430 saidh559h8799 unto him in a dreamh2472, Yeah1571, I knowh3045h8804 that thou didsth6213h8804 this in the integrityh8537 of thy hearth3824; for I also withheldh2820h8799 thee from sinningh2398h8800 against me: therefore sufferedh5414h8804 I thee not to touchh5060h8800 her.

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Now therefore restoreh7725h8685 the manh376 his wifeh802; for he is a propheth5030, and he shall prayh6419h8691 for theeh1157, and thou shalt liveh2421h8798: and if thou restoreh7725h8688 her not, knowh3045h8798 thou that thou shalt surelyh4191h8800 dieh4191h8799, thou, and all that are thine.

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Therefore Abimelechh40 rose earlyh7925h8686 in the morningh1242, and calledh7121h8799 all his servantsh5650, and toldh1696h8762 all these thingsh1697 in their earsh241: and the menh582 were soreh3966 afraidh3372h8799.

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Then Abimelechh40 calledh7121h8799 Abrahamh85, and saidh559h8799 unto him, What hast thou doneh6213h8804 unto us? and what have I offendedh2398h8804 thee, that thou hast broughth935h8689 on me and on my kingdomh4467 a greath1419 sinh2401? thou hast doneh6213h8804 deedsh4639 unto me that ought not to be doneh6213h8735.

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And Abimelechh40 saidh559h8799 unto Abrahamh85, Whath4100 sawest thouh7200h8804, that thou hast doneh6213h8804 this thingh1697?

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And Abrahamh85 saidh559h8799, Because I thoughth559h8804, Surelyh7535 the fearh3374 of Godh430 is not in this placeh4725; and they will slay meh2026h8804 for my wife'sh802 sakeh1697.

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And yet indeedh546 she is my sisterh269; she is the daughterh1323 of my fatherh1, but not the daughterh1323 of my motherh517; and she became my wifeh802.

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And it came to pass, when Godh430 caused me to wanderh8582h8689 from my father'sh1 househ1004, that I saidh559h8799 unto her, This is thy kindnessh2617 which thou shalt shewh6213h8799 unto me; at every placeh4725 whither we shall comeh935h8799, sayh559h8798 of me, He is my brotherh251.

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And Abimelechh40 tookh3947h8799 sheeph6629, and oxenh1241, and menservantsh5650, and womenservantsh8198, and gaveh5414h8799 them unto Abrahamh85, and restoredh7725h8686 him Sarahh8283 his wifeh802.

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And Abimelechh40 saidh559h8799, Behold, my landh776 is before theeh6440: dwellh3427h8798 where it pleasethh2896h5869 thee. where...: Heb. as is good in thine eyes

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And unto Sarahh8283 he saidh559h8804, Behold, I have givenh5414h8804 thy brotherh251 a thousandh505 pieces of silverh3701: behold, he is to thee a coveringh3682 of the eyesh5869, unto all that are with thee, and with all other : thus she was reprovedh3198h8737.

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So Abrahamh85 prayedh6419h8691 unto Godh430: and Godh430 healedh7495h8799 Abimelechh40, and his wifeh802, and his maidservantsh519; and they bareh3205h8799 children .

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For the LORDh3068 had fasth6113h8800 closed uph6113h8804 all the wombsh7358 of the househ1004 of Abimelechh40, becauseh1697 of Sarahh8283 Abraham'sh85 wifeh802.



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