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Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

and it came about, when ^(q)God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, ‘This is ^[j]the kindness which you will show to me: ^[k]everywhere we go, ^(r)say of me, "He is my brother."'"

^(s)Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him.

Abimelech said, "^(t)Behold, my land is before you; ^[l]settle wherever ^[m]you please."

To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your ^(u)brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is ^[n]your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared."

^(v)Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children.

^(w)For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.