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Fyrsta bók Móse 20
Icelandic Bible
Fyrsta bók Móse 20
Icelandic Bible
20 Nú flutti Abraham sig þaðan til Suðurlandsins og settist að milli Kades og Súr og dvaldist um hríð í Gerar.
2 Og Abraham sagði um Söru konu sína: "Hún er systir mín." Þá sendi Abímelek konungur í Gerar menn og lét sækja Söru.
3 En Guð kom til Abímeleks í draumi um nóttina og sagði við hann: "Sjá, þú skalt deyja vegna konu þeirrar, sem þú hefir tekið, því að hún er gift kona."
4 En Abímelek hafði ekki komið nærri henni. Og hann sagði: "Drottinn, munt þú einnig vilja deyða saklaust fólk?
5 Hefir hann ekki sagt við mig: ,Hún er systir mín`? og hún sjálf hefir einnig sagt: ,Hann er bróðir minn?` Í einlægni hjarta míns og með hreinum höndum hefi ég gjört þetta."
6 Og Guð sagði við hann í draumnum: "Víst veit ég, að þú gjörðir þetta í einlægni hjarta þíns, og ég hefi einnig varðveitt þig frá að syndga gegn mér. Fyrir því leyfði ég þér ekki að snerta hana.
7 Fá því nú manninum konu hans aftur, því að hann er spámaður, og mun hann biðja fyrir þér, að þú megir lífi halda. En ef þú skilar henni ekki aftur, þá skalt þú vita, að þú munt vissulega deyja, þú og allir, sem þér tilheyra."
8 Abímelek reis árla um morguninn og kallaði til sín alla þjóna sína og greindi þeim frá öllu þessu. Og mennirnir urðu mjög óttaslegnir.
9 Og Abímelek lét kalla Abraham til sín og sagði við hann: "Hvað hefir þú gjört oss? Og hvað hefi ég misgjört við þig, að þú skyldir leiða svo stóra synd yfir mig og ríki mitt? Verk, sem enginn skyldi fremja, hefir þú framið gegn mér."
10 Og Abímelek sagði við Abraham: "Hvað gekk þér til að gjöra þetta?"
11 Þá mælti Abraham: "Ég hugsaði: ,Vart mun nokkur guðsótti vera á þessum stað, og þeir munu drepa mig vegna konu minnar.`
12 Og þar að auki er hún sannlega systir mín, samfeðra, þótt eigi séum við sammæðra, og hún varð kona mín.
13 Og þegar Guð lét mig fara úr húsi föður míns, sagði ég við hana: ,Þessa góðsemi verður þú að sýna mér: Hvar sem við komum, þá segðu um mig: Hann er bróðir minn."`
14 Þá tók Abímelek sauði, naut, þræla og ambáttir og gaf Abraham og fékk honum aftur Söru konu hans.
15 Og Abímelek sagði: "Sjá, land mitt stendur þér til boða. Bú þú þar sem þér best líkar."
16 Og við Söru sagði hann: "Sjá, ég gef bróður þínum þúsund sikla silfurs. Sjá, það sé þér uppreist í augum allra þeirra, sem með þér eru, og ert þú þannig réttlætt fyrir öllum."
17 Og Abraham bað til Guðs fyrir honum, og Guð læknaði Abímelek og konu hans og ambáttir, svo að þær ólu börn.
18 Því að Drottinn hafði lokað sérhverjum móðurkviði í húsi Abímeleks sakir Söru, konu Abrahams.
Genesis 20
New International Version
Genesis 20
New International Version
Abraham and Abimelek(A)
20 Now Abraham moved on from there(B) into the region of the Negev(C) and lived between Kadesh(D) and Shur.(E) For a while(F) he stayed in Gerar,(G) 2 and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.(H)” Then Abimelek(I) king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.(J)
3 But God came to Abimelek(K) in a dream(L) one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead(M) because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”(N)
4 Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?(O) 5 Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,(P)’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience(Q) and clean hands.(R)”
6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept(S) you from sinning against me.(T) That is why I did not let you touch her. 7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet,(U) and he will pray for you(V) and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”(W)
8 Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid. 9 Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.(X)” 10 And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God(Y) in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’(Z) 12 Besides, she really is my sister,(AA) the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. 13 And when God had me wander(AB) from my father’s household,(AC) I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
14 Then Abimelek(AD) brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham,(AE) and he returned Sarah his wife to him. 15 And Abimelek said, “My land is before you; live wherever you like.”(AF)
16 To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand shekels[a] of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.”
17 Then Abraham prayed to God,(AG) and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, 18 for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.(AH)
Footnotes
- Genesis 20:16 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms
Genesis 20
King James Version
Genesis 20
King James Version
20 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
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