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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 20, Verse 13

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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.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
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 show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
New English Translation
When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”
World English Bible
It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that 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."'"
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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.
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And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.