Genesis 20

Genesis 20:2

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

And Abraham, through his weakness, seeing how his excuse had sped in Egypt, renewed it now again; and, concealing part of the truth, said, She is my sister. Then Abimelech, a king in that country of Canaan, upon the report given of her, sent, and took her into his house.

Genesis 20:4

Lown, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

And he said, Lord, wilt thou punish not me only, but my whole nation and people, in me, which are utterly innocent in this business?

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live.

Now then, deliver the man his wife again, for he is a man dear unto me, and one whom I have in an especial manner graced with my presence and promises; and therefore, whose prayers shall be much available for thy safety and life.

Genesis 20:10

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

What motive didst thou raise unto thyself, from thy lightness in me, or injury done to thyself by me, that thou shouldest do this thing?

Genesis 20:12

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Yet, in very deed, I have not merely lied in saying, she is my sister; but only dissembled, and concealed some part of the truth; for she is very near of blood to me, my niece, as being the daughter of that brother of mine, whom my father had by a second wife.

Genesis 20:16

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

Likewise, to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given to him, whom thou calledst thy brother, a thousand pieces of silver; behold, he is thy protection from all injuries, wheresoever thou VOL. III. D comest: thine eyes and desires shall content themselves with him alone; and he shall stand, betwixt all others’ eyes and thee, as thy lawful husband, that they may not thus inordinately desire thee: and, by this speech and event, she was thus secretly reproved.

Genesis 20:18

For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

For the Lord hath punished all the women in Abimelech’s house, with a sudden barrenness; so that they could not conceive; because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.