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Now Abraham journeyed from ^(C1)there toward the land of ^(C2)the ^(F1)Negev, and ^(F2)settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived for a time in ^(C3)Gerar.

And Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "^(C1)She is my sister." So ^(C2)Abimelech king of Gerar sent men and took Sarah.

^(C1)But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, ^(C2)you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is ^(F1)married."

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, ^(C1)will You kill a nation, even though ^(F1)blameless?

"Did he himself not say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she ^(C1)herself said, 'He is my brother.' In ^(C2)the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my ^(F1)hands I have done this."

Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also ^(F1)(C1)kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

"Now then, return the man's wife, for ^(C1)he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours."