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Genesis 20
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Genesis
Abraham
Gofa
Abimelech
, person
Abraham
, person
Sarah
, person
Gerar
, place
Negeb
, place
Kadesh
, place
Shur
, place
Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ማምረፐ ደንድድ ነገበ መላ ቢታ ሄራ ብድ ቃደሳፐነ ሹራ ቢታታስ ግዱዋን ደእስ። ገራራንካ ጉꬃ ዎደ ጋምእስ።
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,
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GOFE
ያን ደእሸ አብራሃመይ ባ ማችዉ ሳሮ፥ “እያ ታ ምችዉ” ያግዳ ግሾ፥ ገራራ ካዎይ አብመለከይ ኪትድ ሳሮ ባኮ ኤፍስ።
BSB
BSB:
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
3
GOFE
ሽን ፆሳይ እስ ቃማ አሙሆን አብመለከኮ ይድ፥ “ኔኒ ኤህዳ ማጫሰ ጋሶን ሀይቃሳ፥ እያ አዝናራ ደአዉሱ” ያግስ።
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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GOFE
ሀኖሽን፥ አብመለከይ እዮ ቦችቤና። እ፥ “ጎዳዉ፥ ኔኒ ታናነ ታ ደረይ ቆሆና ደእሽን ጮ ꬋይሳነዬ?
BSB
BSB:
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
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GOFE
እ፥ ‘እያ፥ ታ ምቾ’ ግቤኔ? ቃስ እያካ፥ ‘እ፥ ታ እሻ’ ጋብኬ? ታኒ ታ ዎዛና ፅሎተꬃንነ ታ ኩሸ ጌሻተꬃን ሀይሳ ኦꬃስ” ያግስ።
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.”
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GOFE
ፆሳይ አሙሆን እያኮ፥ “ኤ፥ ኔኒ ነ ዎዛና ፅሎተꬃን ኦꬅዳይሳ ታ ኤራይስ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ኔኒ እዮ ቦቾናዳነ ታ ስንꬃን ናጋራ ኦꬆናዳ ነና ታኒ ተቃስ።
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.
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GOFE
ሀእ ሀ አድያ ማችዉ ዛራ። እ ናበ ግድያ ግሾ፥ ነዉ ፆሳ ዎስኮ ነ አታና። ሽን እዮ ዛሮና እፅኮ፥ ኔንነ ነዉ ደእያባ ኡባይ ሀይቃናይሳ ኤራ” ያግስ።
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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GOFE
አብመለከይ ዎንተꬃ ጋላስ ዳሮ ጉራ ባ ሞርናታ ባኮ ፄግስ። ሄ ሀንዳባ ኡባ ኤንታዉ ኦድን ኤንቲ ዳሮ ባብዶሶና።
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.
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GOFE
ያትን አብመለከይ አብራሃመ ፄግድ፥ “ኔኒ አይብባ ኑ ቦላ ኦꬃዲ? ነ ታ ቦላነ ታ ካዎተꬃ ቦላ ሀይሳ መላ ቆሆ ኤሀናዉ ታ ነዉ አይ ኢታባ ኦꬃድና? ኔኒ ታ ቦላ ኦሰታናዉ በሶናባ ኦꬃዳሳ” ያግስ።
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
GOFE
ቃስ አብመለከይ አብራሃመ፥ “ኔኒ ሀይሳ አይስ ኦꬃዲ?” ያግድ ኦይችስ።
BSB
BSB:
Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
11
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ዛሪድ፥ “ ‘ሀ በሳን ፆሳስ ያሸትያ አስ ባይና ግሾነ ቃስ ታ ማቸ ጋሶን ኤንቲ ታና ዎꬋና’ ጋዳ ቆፕዳ ግሾሳ።
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.’
12
GOFE
ሄሳ ቦላ እያ ቱማካ ታ ምቾ፤ እያ ታ አዋ ናአፐ አትሽን ታ አየ ናአ ግዱኩ፥ ያንያ ግሾ፥ እያ ታ ማቾ ግዳሱ።
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
GOFE
ፆሳይ ታና ታ አዋ ኬꬃፈ ከስዳ ዎደ ታኒ ኢኮ፥ ‘ኔኒ ብዳ ቢታ ኡባን ነ ታዉ ኦꬃና ኬሀተꬃይ ሀይሳ፤ “እ ታ እሻ” ጋዳ’ ኦዳ ያጋስ” ያግስ።
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.”’”
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GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ አብመለከይ ዶርሰ፥ መሄ፥ ማጫ አይለታነ አደ አይለታ ከስድ አብራሃመስ እሚስ፤ እያ ማችዉ ሳሮ እያዉ ዛርስ።
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
GOFE
አብመለከይ አብራሃመኮ፥ “ሄኮ፥ ታ ቢታይ ሀይስሽ ነና ሎኦሶን ደአ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
16
GOFE
ሳርኮ፥ “ታኒ ነ እሻስ እስ ሙኩሉ ብራ ሳንትመ እማይስ። ሄስ ኔራ ደእያ ኡባ ስንꬃን ኔኒ ፅሎ ግደይሳነ አይብ ኢታባካ ኦꬆናይሳ ኤርሰይሳ ግዶ” ያግስ።
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
GOFE
ጎዳይ አብራሃመ ማቸ ሳር ጋሶን አብመለከ ኬꬃ ኡባ ማይንስዳ ግሾ አብራሃመይ ፆሳ ዎስን፥ አብመለከይ፥ እያ ማችያነ እያ ማጫ አይለት ናአ የላና መላ ፆሳይ ኤንታ ፓꬅስ።
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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