Verse 6
Genesis 20:6
Geneva Bible
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And God (Elohim) saide vnto him by a dreame, I knowe that thou diddest this euen with an vpright minde, and I kept thee also that thou shouldest not sinne against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touche her.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ אֵלָ֨י/ו הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֜ים בַּ/חֲלֹ֗ם גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֤י יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙ כִּ֤י בְ/תָם לְבָבְ/ךָ֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וָ/אֶחְשֹׂ֧ךְ גַּם אָנֹכִ֛י אֽוֹתְ/ךָ֖ מֵ/חֲטוֹ לִ֑/י עַל כֵּ֥ן לֹא נְתַתִּ֖י/ךָ לִ/נְגֹּ֥עַ אֵלֶֽי/הָ
English Translation
And God said to me in the dream, "I also know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me; therefore, I did not let you touch her."
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Chapter 20 Context
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Afterward Abraham departed thence toward the South countrey and dwelled betweene Cadesh and Shur, an...
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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sa...
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But God (Elohim) came to Abimelech in a dreame by night, and said to him, Beholde, thou art but dead...
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(Notwithstanding Abimelech had not yet come neere her) And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay euen the ri...
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Said not he vnto me, She is my sister? yea, and she her selfe said, He is my brother: with an vprigh...
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And God (Elohim) saide vnto him by a dreame, I knowe that thou diddest this euen with an vpright min...
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Now then deliuer the man his wife againe: for he is a Prophet, and he shall pray for thee that thou...
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Then Abimelech rising vp early in ye morning, called all his seruants, and tolde all these things vn...
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Afterward Abimelech called Abraham, and said vnto him, What hast thou done vnto vs? and what haue I...
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So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?
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Then Abraham answered, Because I thought thus, Surely the feare of God (Elohim) is not in this place...
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Yet in very deede she is my sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my...
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Nowe when God (Elohim) caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I said then to her, This is thy...
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Then tooke Abimelech sheepe and beeues, and men seruants, and women seruants, and gaue them vnto Abr...
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And Abimelech saide, Beholde, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
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Likewise to Sarah he said, Beholde, I haue giuen thy brother a thousand pieces of siluer: behold, he...
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Then Abraham prayed vnto God (Elohim), and God (Elohim) healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his wome...
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