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| 20:1 Lalu Abraham berangkat dari situ ke Tanah Negeb dan ia menetap antara Kadesh dan Syur. Ia tinggal di Gerar sebagai orang asing. 20:2 Oleh karena Abraham telah mengatakan tentang Sara, isterinya: "Dia saudaraku," maka Abimelekh, raja Gerar, menyuruh mengambil Sara. 20:3 Tetapi pada waktu malam Allah datang kepada Abimelekh dalam suatu mimpi serta berfirman kepadanya: "Engkau harus mati oleh karena perempuan yang telah kauambil itu; sebab ia sudah bersuami." 20:4 Adapun Abimelekh belum menghampiri Sara. Berkatalah ia: "Tuhan! Apakah Engkau membunuh bangsa yang tak bersalah? 20:5 Bukankah orang itu sendiri mengatakan kepadaku: Dia saudaraku? Dan perempuan itu sendiri telah mengatakan: Ia saudaraku. Jadi hal ini kulakukan dengan hati yang tulus dan dengan tangan yang suci." 20:6 Lalu berfirmanlah Allah kepadanya dalam mimpi: "Aku tahu juga, bahwa engkau telah melakukan hal itu dengan hati yang tulus, maka Akupun telah mencegah engkau untuk berbuat dosa terhadap Aku; sebab itu Aku tidak membiarkan engkau menjamah dia. 20:7 Jadi sekarang, kembalikanlah isteri orang itu, sebab dia seorang nabi; ia akan berdoa untuk engkau, maka engkau tetap hidup; tetapi jika engkau tidak mengembalikan dia, ketahuilah, engkau pasti mati, engkau dan semua orang yang bersama-sama dengan engkau." 20:8 Keesokan harinya pagi-pagi Abimelekh memanggil semua hambanya dan memberitahukan seluruh peristiwa itu kepada mereka, lalu sangat takutlah orang-orang itu. 20:9 Kemudian Abimelekh memanggil Abraham dan berkata kepadanya: "Perbuatan apakah yang kaulakukan ini terhadap kami, dan kesalahan apakah yang kulakukan terhadap engkau, sehingga engkau mendatangkan dosa besar atas diriku dan kerajaanku? Engkau telah berbuat hal-hal yang tidak patut kepadaku." 20:10 Lagi kata Abimelekh kepada Abraham: "Apakah maksudmu, maka engkau melakukan hal ini?" 20:11 Lalu Abraham berkata: "Aku berpikir: Takut akan Allah tidak ada di tempat ini; tentulah aku akan dibunuh karena isteriku. 20:12 Lagipula ia benar-benar saudaraku, anak ayahku, hanya bukan anak ibuku, tetapi kemudian ia menjadi isteriku. 20:13 Ketika Allah menyuruh aku mengembara keluar dari rumah ayahku, berkatalah aku kepada isteriku: Tunjukkanlah kasihmu kepadaku, yakni: katakanlah tentang aku di tiap-tiap tempat di mana kita tiba: Ia saudaraku." 20:14 Kemudian Abimelekh mengambil kambing domba dan lembu sapi, hamba laki-laki dan perempuan, lalu memberikan semuanya itu kepada Abraham; Sara, isteri Abraham, juga dikembalikannya kepadanya. 20:15 Dan Abimelekh berkata: "Negeriku ini terbuka untuk engkau; menetaplah, di mana engkau suka." 20:16 Lalu katanya kepada Sara: "Telah kuberikan kepada saudaramu seribu syikal perak, itulah bukti kesucianmu bagi semua orang yang bersama-sama dengan engkau. Maka dalam segala hal engkau dibenarkan." 20:17 Lalu Abraham berdoa kepada Allah, dan Allah menyembuhkan Abimelekh dan isterinya dan budak-budaknya perempuan, sehingga mereka melahirkan anak. 20:18 Sebab tadinya TUHAN telah menutup kandungan setiap perempuan di istana Abimelekh karena Sara, isteri Abraham itu. | 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar. 20:2 Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She [is] my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Indeed you [are] a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she [is] a man's wife." 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, will You slay a righteous nation also? 20:5 "Did he not say to me, `She [is] my sister'?And she, even she herself said, `He [is] my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this." 20:6 And God said to him in a dream, "Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. 20:7 "Now therefore, restore the man's wife; for he [is] a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore [her], know that you shall surely die, you and all who [are] yours." 20:8 So Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were very much afraid. 20:9 And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I offended 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." 20:10 Then Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?" 20:11 And Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife. 20:12 "But indeed [she is] truly my sister. She [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 20:13 "And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, `This [is] your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, say of me, "He [is] my brother."'" 20:14 Then Abimelech took sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave [them] to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him. 20:15 And Abimelech said, "See, my land [is] before you; dwell where it pleases you." 20:16 Then to Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand [pieces] of silver; indeed this vindicates you before all who [are] with you and before everybody." Thus she was rebuked. 20:17 So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore [children]; 20:18 for the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. |
| KeyWords: Abraham dan Abimelekh |