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Abraham said about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her for his wife.

So Abimelech got up early in the morning. He called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid.

Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and cattle, and men and women servants. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.

So Abraham prayed to God. And God healed Abimelech, his wife and the women who served him, so that they gave birth to children.

Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son who was born to him by Sarah.

And the thing brought much sorrow to Abraham because of his son.

While living in the desert of Paran, his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

At that time, Abimelech with Phicol, the head of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do.

So they made an agreement at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the head of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

So Abraham got up early in the morning and got his donkey ready. He took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac. He cut wood for the burnt gift. And he went to the place where God told him to go.

He said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go to that place and worship, and return to you."

Abraham took the wood for the burnt gift and had Isaac carry it. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. And the two of them walked on together.

Then they came to the place that God told them about. Abraham built the altar there, and set the wood in place. Then he tied rope around his son Isaac, and laid him upon the wood on the altar.

And Abraham put out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.

Then Abraham looked and saw a ram behind him, with his horns caught in the bushes. Abraham went and took the ram, and gave him as a burnt gift instead of his son.

So Abraham returned to his young men. And they got up and went with him to Beersheba. Abraham made his home there.

Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

And Reumah, the woman he kept who acted as his wife, gave birth to Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife, and said to the sons of Heth,

"Listen to us, my lord. You are a powerful ruler among us. Bury your wife in the best of our graves. None of us will keep his grave from you for burying your wife."