Genesis 20:1-6

Abraham and Abimelech

1 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between p Kadesh and Shur; and he q sojourned in r Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, s "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 t But God came to Abimelech u in a dream by 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." 4 Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, v "Lord, will you kill an innocent people? 5 Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this." 6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning w against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 16:7
    The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
    Genesis 16:14
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 26:3
    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 26:6
    So Isaac settled in Gerar.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 12:13 - 20
    Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.
    Genesis 26:7 - 11
    When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 105:14
    He allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account.
  6. Cross References
    Job 33:15 - 16
    In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds.
    Matthew 1:20
    But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
    Matthew 2:12
    And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 18:23
    Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
    1 Chronicles 21:17
    And David said to God, "Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father's house. But do not let the plague be on your people.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 39:9
    He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?
    Psalms 51:4
    Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
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