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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

And God spake all these words, saying,

For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham"s wife.

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

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.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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.

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.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife"s sake.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man"s wife.

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.