Genesis 20 (NET)

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Genesis 20:1¹Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 26:1 Gen 26:6 2 Chr 14:13-14 Gen 18:1 Ps 29:8 Deut 1:19 Deut 32:51 Gen 10:19 Gen 13:1 Gen 24:62

Genesis 20:2²Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 12:15 Gen 26:7 Gen 12:11-13 2 Chr 19:2 2 Chr 32:31 Col 3:9 Eccl 7:20 Eph 4:25 Gal 2:11-12 Gen 20:12

Genesis 20:3³But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 20:7 Matt 27:19 Job 33:15 Ps 105:14 Gen 28:12 Matt 1:20 Gen 31:24 Gen 37:5 Gen 37:9 Gen 40:8

Genesis 20:4⁴Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, “Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 21:17 2 Sam 4:11 Gen 18:23-25 Gen 19:24 Gen 20:17-18 Gen 20:6

Genesis 20:5⁵Did Abraham not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:4 Ps 7:8 1 Chr 29:17 1 Thess 2:10 1 Tim 1:13 2 Cor 1:12 2 Kgs 20:3 Dan 6:22 Job 33:9 Josh 22:22

Genesis 20:6⁶Then in the dream God replied to him, “Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:34 1 Sam 25:26 Prov 21:1 Gen 31:7 Gen 35:5 2 Thess 2:7 Exod 34:24 Ps 84:11 2 Cor 6:17 Gen 20:18

Genesis 20:7⁷But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 42:8 1 Sam 7:5 Heb 13:4 2 Sam 24:17 1 Chr 16:22 1 Kgs 13:6 2 Kgs 5:11 Num 16:32-33 Rev 11:5-6 1 Cor 14:4

Genesis 20:8⁸Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 20:9⁹Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 12:18 Gen 26:10 Gen 39:9 1 Sam 26:18-19 2 Sam 12:10-11 2 Sam 12:5 2 Sam 13:12 Exod 32:21 Exod 32:35 Gen 34:7

Genesis 20:10¹⁰Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 20:11¹¹Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 26:7 Gen 12:12 Gen 22:12 Gen 42:18 Job 28:28 Neh 5:15 Prov 16:6 Prov 2:5 Ps 36:1-4 Prov 1:7

Genesis 20:12¹²What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 11:29 1 Thess 5:22 Gen 12:13

Genesis 20:13¹³When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her, ‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me, “He is my brother.”’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 12:1 Gen 12:9 1 Sam 23:21 Acts 5:9 Acts 7:3-5 Gen 12:11-20 Heb 11:8 Ps 64:5

Genesis 20:14¹⁴So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 12:16 Gen 12:19-20 Gen 20:11 Gen 20:2 Gen 20:7

Genesis 20:15¹⁵Then Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 13:9 Gen 34:10 Gen 47:6

Genesis 20:16¹⁶To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given 1,000 pieces of silver to your ‘brother.’ This is compensation for you so that you will stand vindicated before all who are with you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 20:5 Prov 27:5 Gen 24:65 1 Chr 21:3-6 Gen 26:11 Jonah 1:6 Prov 12:1 Prov 25:12 Prov 9:8-9 Rev 3:19

Genesis 20:17¹⁷Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 5:16 Job 42:9-10 Matt 21:22 Phil 4:6 Prov 15:8 1 Sam 5:11-12 1 Thess 5:25 Ezra 6:10 Gen 20:7 Gen 29:31

Genesis 20:18¹⁸For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 12:17 Gen 30:2 1 Sam 1:6 1 Sam 5:10 Gen 16:2 Gen 20:7

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