20:1 Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev 1 region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident 2 in Gerar, 20:2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
20:3 But God appeared 3 to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead 4 because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.” 5
20:4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, “Lord, 6 would you really slaughter an innocent nation? 7 20:5 Did Abraham 8 not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, 9 ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience 10 and with innocent hands!”
20:6 Then in the dream God replied to him, “Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. 11 That is why I have kept you 12 from sinning against me and why 13 I did not allow you to touch her. 20:7 But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed 14 he is a prophet 15 and he will pray for you; thus you will live. 16 But if you don’t give her back, 17 know that you will surely die 18 along with all who belong to you.”
20:8 Early in the morning 19 Abimelech summoned 20 all his servants. When he told them about all these things, 21 they 22 were terrified. 20:9 Abimelech 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? 23 You have done things to me that should not be done!” 24 20:10 Then Abimelech asked 25 Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?” 26
20:11 Abraham replied, “Because I thought, 27 ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of 28 my wife.’ 20:12 What’s more, 29 she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife. 20:13 When God made me wander 30 from my father’s house, I told her, ‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: 31 Every place we go, say about me, “He is my brother.”’”
20:14 So Abimelech gave 32 sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him. 20:15 Then Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.” 33
20:16 To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given a thousand pieces of silver 34 to your ‘brother.’ 35 This is compensation for you so that you will stand vindicated before all who are with you.” 36
20:17 Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children. 20:18 For the Lord 37 had caused infertility to strike every woman 38 in the household of Abimelech because he took 39 Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
6:1 When humankind 40 began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born 41 to them, 42
20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived 64 the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot 65 in the province of Asia, 66 20:19 serving the Lord with all humility 67 and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots 68 of the Jews. 20:20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming 69 to you anything that would be helpful, 70 and from teaching you publicly 71 and from house to house, 20:21 testifying 72 to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. 73 20:22 And now, 74 compelled 75 by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem 76 without knowing what will happen to me there, 77 20:23 except 78 that the Holy Spirit warns 79 me in town after town 80 that 81 imprisonment 82 and persecutions 83 are waiting for me. 20:24 But I do not consider my life 84 worth anything 85 to myself, so that 86 I may finish my task 87 and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news 88 of God’s grace.
20:25 “And now 89 I know that none 90 of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom 91 will see me 92 again. 20:26 Therefore I declare 93 to you today that I am innocent 94 of the blood of you all. 95 20:27 For I did not hold back from 96 announcing 97 to you the whole purpose 98 of God.
28:23 They set 104 a day to meet with him, 105 and they came to him where he was staying 106 in even greater numbers. 107 From morning until evening he explained things 108 to them, 109 testifying 110 about the kingdom of God 111 and trying to convince 112 them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.
2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with 128 sound teaching.