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Genesis 20:3-6 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

3. One night God appeared to him in a dream and said: “You are going to die, because you have taken this woman; she is already married.”

4. But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, “Lord, I am innocent! Would you destroy me and my people?

5. Abraham himself said that she was his sister, and she said the same thing. I did this with a clear conscience, and I have done no wrong.”

6. God replied in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did it with a clear conscience; so I kept you from sinning against me and did not let you touch her.

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