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Genesis 20
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Genesis
Abraham
Gamo Bible
Abimelech
, person
Abraham
, person
Sarah
, person
Gerar
, place
Negeb
, place
Kadesh
, place
Shur
, place
Gamo Bible
Berean Standard Bible
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GMVE
ኣብራሃሜይ ማሚሬፔ ዴንዲዲ ኔጌቤ ጌቴቲዛ ቢታ ቢዲ ቃዴሴኔ ሹራ ጌቴቲዛ ካታማታፔ ጊዶን ዴኢዴስ፤ ጌራሬ ቢታን ጉꬃ ዎዴ ጋምኢዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
2
GMVE
ሄን ኣብራሃሜይ ባ ማቺዮ ሳራ፥ «ኢዛ ታስ ሚቾ» ጊን ጌራሬ ካዎ ኣቢሜሌኬይ ኪቲዲ ሳራ ባሶ ኤፊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
3
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ጾሲ ኢሲ ጋላሳ ኦማርስ ኣጉሞን ኣቢሜሌኬኮ ዪዲ፥ «ኔኒ ኤሂዳ ማጫሳይ ጌዶን ኔ ሃይቃና፤ ኢዛ ኣሳ ማቾ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
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GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ኣቢሜሌኬይ ኢዚራ ኣቂቤና፤ ሄሳ ጊሻስ፥ «ታ ጎዶ! ኔኒ፥ ታኒ፥ ታ ካዎቴꬃይካ ኔና ቆሆንታ ዲሺን ኑና ጮ ꬋይሳኔ?
BSB
BSB:
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
5
GMVE
ኢዚ፥ ‹ኢዛ ታ ሚቾ› ጊቤኔ? ቃሴ ኢዛ፥ ‹ኢዚ ታ ኢሻ› ጋቤኬ? ታኒ ሃይሳ ቱሙ ዎዚናፔ ኦꬃዲስ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
6
GMVE
ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ጾሲ ኣጉሞን ኢዛስ፥ «ኤ፥ ኔኒ ኔ ዎዚና ጌሻቴꬃን ኦꬂዳይሳ ታኒ ኤራዳ ኔኒ ኢዞ ቦቾንታ ማላኔ ታ ሲንꬃን ናጋራ ኦꬆንታ ማላ ኔና ታኒ ቴቃዲስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
7
GMVE
ሃኢ ሃኖ ማጫሳዮ ኢዚ ኣዚናስ ዛራ፤ ጋሶይካ ኢዚ ናቤ ጊዲዳ ጊሻስ ኢዚ ኔስ ጾሳ ዎሲኮ ኔኒ ፓጻና፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ኔ ኢዞ ዛሮንታ ኢጺኮ ኔኒኔ ኔስ ዲዛዚ ዉሪ ሃይቃናይሳ ቱማፔ ኔ ኤራ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
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GMVE
ኣቢሜሌኬይ ዎንቴꬃ ጋላስ ማላዶ ባ ካዎቴꬃን ዲዛ ሹሜታ ኡባ ጼይጊዲ ሃ ዮኦዛ ኡባ ኢስታስ ዮቲን ኢስቲ ኬሂ ባቢዳ።
BSB
BSB:
Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.
9
GMVE
ሂስቲን ኣቢሜሌኬይ ኣብራሃሜ ጼይጊዲ፥ «ኔኒ ኑ ቦላ ኣይ ኦꬃዲ? ኔኒ ታ ቦላኔ ታ ካዎቴꬃ ቦላ ሃይሳ ማላ ቆሆ ኤሃናስ ታኒ ኔስ ኣይ ኢታ ሚሽ ኦꬃዲና? ኔኒ ታ ቦላ ኦሴታናስ ቤሶንታ ኢታ ኦꬃዳሳ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
10
GMVE
ቃሴካ ኣቢሜሌኬይ ኣብራሃሜ፥ «ኔና ሃይሳ ኦሲሲዳይ ኣዜ?» ጊ ኦይቺን፥
BSB
BSB:
Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
11
GMVE
ኣብራሃሜይ፥ « ‹ጾሳስ ባቢዛ ኢሲ ኣሲካ ሃ ዴሬን ባዋ፤ ቃሴካ ታ ማቼይ ጌዶን ኢስቲ ታና ዎꬋና› ጋዳ ቆፒዳ ጊሻሳ።
BSB
BSB:
Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
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GMVE
ኢዛካ ታ ኣዋ ና ጊዲዳ ጊሻስ ታስ ሚቾ፤ ታስ ኣዪ ና ጊዶንታ ጊሻስ ታ ኢዞ ማቾ ኤካዲስ።
BSB
BSB:
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
13
GMVE
ጾሲ ታና ታ ኣዋ ኬꬃፌ ኬሲዳ ዎዴ ታኒ ኢዚስ ኑኒ ቢዳ ቢታን ኡባን ኔኒ ታስ ኦꬃና ኪያቴꬂ፥ ‹ኢዚ ታስ ኢሻ› ጋዳ ዮታ ጋዲስ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
14
GMVE
ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ኣቢሜሌኬይ ዶርስ፥ ሚዝ፥ ማጫ ኣይሌታኔ ኣቱማ ኣይሌታ ኤሂዲ ኣብራሃሜስ ኢሚዴስ፤ ቃሴ ኢዛ ማቺዮ ሳራካ ኢዛስ ዛሪዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
15
GMVE
ኣቢሜሌኬይ፥ «ሄኮ ታ ቢታይ ኔ ሲንꬃን ዴስ፤ ኔና ሎኢዛሶን ዳ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
16
GMVE
ሳራስካ፥ «ታኒ ኔ ኢሻስ ኢሲ ሺ ሳቂሌ ቢራ ኢማዲስ፤ ሃይሲ ሄኮ ኔናራ ዲዛይታ ኡባ ሲንꬃን ኔኒ ጺሎ ጊዲዳይሳ ኤሪሳና» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
17
GMVE
ጎዳይ ኣብራሃሜ ማቼዮ ሳራ ጌዶን ኣቢሜሌኬ ኬꬃ ኣሳ ኡባ ዬሊዛ ኡሎ ማካርሲዳ ጊሻስ ኣብራሃሜይ ጾሳ ዎሲን ኣቢሜሌኬይ ኢዛ ማቼያኔ ኢዛ ማጫ ኣይሌቲ ና ዬላና ማላ ጾሲ ኢስታ ፓꬂዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
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