Abraham declares Sarah his sister in Gerar, God appears to Abimelech in a dream, and Scripture names Abraham a prophet for the first time.
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Lyrics
Abraham travelled from there towards the land of the South And lived between Kadesh and Shur He lived as a foreigner in Gerar
Abraham said about Sarah his wife She is my sister Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the 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 Now Abimelech had not come near her He said Lord will you kill even a righteous nation? Didn’t he tell me she is my sister? She even she herself said he is my brother
I have done this in the integrity of my heart And the innocence of my hands God said to him in the dream Yes I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this And I also withheld you from sinning against me
Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her Now therefore restore the man’s wife For he is a prophet And he will pray for you And you will live If you don’t restore her Know for sure that you will die
Abimelech rose early in the morning And called all his servants And told all these things in their ear The men were very scared Then Abimelech called Abraham And said to him What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you?
That you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done Abimelech said to Abraham What did you see that you have done this thing? Abraham said Because I thought surely the fear of God is not in this place They will kill me for my wife’s sake
Besides she is indeed my sister the daughter of my father But not the daughter of my mother And she became my wife When God caused me to wander from my father’s house I said to her This is your kindness which you shall show to me Everywhere that we go Say of me he is my brother
Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants And gave them to Abraham And restored Sarah his wife to him Abimelech said Behold my land is before you Dwell where it pleases you
Abraham prayed to God So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants And they bore children For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs Of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife
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