Genesis 20 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

20 ¹Abraham comot from dat place travel go di Negev, e settle for between Kadesh and Shur, e come dey live like stranger for Gerar. ²Abraham talk about Sarah, im wife, say, “Na my sister she be.” So Abimelech wey be king of Gerar send make dem bring am, e come take Sarah.

³But our Papa come meet Abimelech for dream dat night: “You don be like person wey don die because of di woman wey you take, because she na married woman.”

⁴Abimelech never near am. E come talk say, “Sovereign God, you go destroy even nation wey no do anytin? ⁵No be im sef tell me say, ‘Na my sister she be’? And she sef too talk say, ‘Na my brother e be.’ I do dis one with true heart and clean hand.”

⁶Den our Papa talk to am for di dream say, “Yes, I know say na with correct heart you do dis one, na so I come keep you make you no sin against me—na why I no gree make you touch am. ⁷So now, return di man im wife, because e be prophet wey go pray for you, and you go live. But if you no return am, know am well well say you go die, you and everybody wey be your own.”

⁸Abimelech wake up early dat morning, e call all im servants, e come tell dem everytin wey happen; fear catch di men well well. ⁹Abimelech call Abraham, e come ask am, “Wetin be dis wey you do us? Na wetin I do you, wey make you bring dis big sin come put for me and my kingdom? You don do me wetin person no suppose do at all.” ¹⁰Abimelech still ask Abraham say, “Wetin dey your mind, wey make you do dis kind tin?”

¹¹Abraham talk say, “Na because I tink say: for sure, dem no dey fear our Papa for dis place, and dem go kill me because of my wife.” ¹²Anoda tin be say, true true na my sister she be, my papa im pikin but no be my mama own, e come be my wife.

¹³Wen our Papa make me dey waka comot from my papa house, I tell am say: Show me dis kindness—anywhere wey we go go, talk about me say, “Na my brother e be.”

¹⁴Abimelech take sheep, cattle, and man-servant and woman-servant, e give dem to Abraham, e come return Sarah im wife back to am. ¹⁵Abimelech talk say, “My land dey open for you; settle anywhere wey you like.” ¹⁶And to Sarah e talk say, “See, I dey give your brother 1,000 piece of silver. Dis one na to cover di wrong wey dem do you for di eye of everybody wey dey with you; for front of everybody, dem don clear you finish.”

¹⁷Abraham pray to our Papa, wey heal Abimelech, im wife, and im woman-servants, so dat dem fit born pikin again, ¹⁸because our Papa don close every womb finish for Abimelech house because of Sarah, wey be Abraham im wife.