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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 20, Verse 12

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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.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:
New English Translation
What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.
World English Bible
Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
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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.
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And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
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And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
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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.
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So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare [children].
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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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And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
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For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
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And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.