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Genesis 20: 1 to 18

1 And Father-of-Multiudes departed then towards the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and resided at Gerar.
2 And Father-of-Multitudes said of Princess his wife, "She is my sister." And Melek-the-God-is-Father, the king of Gerar, sent for and took Princess.
3 But Elohim came to Melek-the-God-is-Father in a dream by night, and said to him, "Behold, you are due to die because the woman you have taken is a man's wife."
4 But Melek-the-God-is-Father had not come near her. And he said, "Yahweh, would you kill a righteous nation?
5 Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister?' and even she said, 'He is my brother'. I have acted in my heart's integrity and in the innocence of my hands.".
6 And Elohim said to him in a dream, "So I knew that you did this in the heart's integrity; so I have prevented you from sinning against me: therefore have I forbid you to touch her.
7 And now, restore the man's wife; for he is an announcer, and will intercede for you so you may live. And if you do not return her, know that you shall certainly die, you and all your house."
8 And Melek-the-God-is-Father rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid.
9 And Melek-the-God-is-Father called Father-of-Multitudes and said to him, "What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you that you have brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? You have done things to me that ought not be done."
10 And Melek-the-God-is-Father said to Father-of-Multitudes, "What have you seen so that you have done this?"
11 And Father-of-Multitudes said, "Because I said, 'Surely the fear of Elohim is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake'.
12 But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass when Elohim caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'Let this be your kindness which you shall show to me: at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother'".
14 And Melek-the-God-is-Father took sheep and oxen, and men slaves and women slaves, and gave them to Father-of-Multitudes, and returned Princess his wife.
15 And Melek-the-God-is-Father said, "Behold, my land is open to you: dwell where it pleases your eyes."
16 And to Princess he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, let that be a blind to your eyes in respect for all who are with you, and with all"; and she was publicly vindicated.
17 And Father-of-Multitudes interceeded with Elohim, and Elohim cured Melek-the-God-is-Father , and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore children.
18 For Yahweh had closed tight all the wombs of the house of Melek-the-God-is-Father because of Princess, Father-of-Multitudes's wife.

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