Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Avraham journeyed from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He sojourned in Gerar.
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And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;
2 Avraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Avimelekh king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.
3 But God came to Avimelekh in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."
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And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'
4 Now Avimelekh had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
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And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?
5 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
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hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.'
6 God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
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And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;
7 Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.
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and now send back the man's wife, for he [is] inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'
8 Avimelekh rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
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And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly;
9 Then Avimelekh called Avraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
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and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'
10 Avimelekh said to Avraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"
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Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'
11 Avraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
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And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
12 Moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
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and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;
13 It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
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and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father's house, that I say to her, This [is] thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He [is] my brother.'
14 Avimelekh took sheep and oxen, men-servants and women-servants, and gave them to Avraham, and restored Sarah, his wife to him.
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And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;
15 Avimelekh said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."
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and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'
16 To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."
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and to Sarah he hath said, `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;' and by all this she is reasoned with.
17 Avraham prayed to God. God healed Avimelekh, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children.
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And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:
18 For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Avimelekh, because of Sarah, Avraham's wife.
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for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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