{"id":327,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen20\/"},"modified":"2019-07-14T19:39:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T23:39:42","slug":"gen20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen20\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 20<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou <span class=\"add\">art but<\/span> a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> a man\u2019s wife.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Said he not unto me, She <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my sister? and she, even she herself said, He <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now therefore restore the man <span class=\"add\">his<\/span> wife; for he <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore <span class=\"add\">her<\/span> not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> thine.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife\u2019s sake.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And yet indeed <span class=\"add\">she is<\/span> my sister; she <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father\u2019s house, that I said unto her, This <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my brother.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave <span class=\"add\">them<\/span> unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abimelech said, Behold, my land <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand <span class=\"add\">pieces<\/span> of silver: behold, he <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> with thee, and with all <span class=\"add\">other:<\/span> thus she was reproved. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare <span class=\"add\">children. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham\u2019s wife. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Genesis Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen32\">32<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen33\">33<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen34\">34<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen35\">35<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen36\">36<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen37\">37<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen38\">38<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen39\">39<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen40\">40<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen41\">41<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen42\">42<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen43\">43<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen44\">44<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen45\">45<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen46\">46<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen47\">47<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen48\">48<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen49\">49<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen50\">50<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 1\u00a0And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2\u00a0And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3\u00a0But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man\u2019s wife. 4\u00a0But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 5\u00a0Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. 6\u00a0And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7\u00a0Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8\u00a0Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. 9\u00a0Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10\u00a0And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 11\u00a0And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-genesis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2883,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}