Examples of using "Abimelec" in a sentence and their english translations:
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
And again he expostulated with him, and said: What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?
Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?
And he commanded all the people, saying: He that shall touch this man's wife, shall surely be put to death.
Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.
And Abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock. And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?
And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till today.
Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.
And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children: For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham's wife.
And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid.
At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army, said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.
And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her.
And they made a league for the well of oath. And Abimelech and Phicol, the general of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Palestines.
And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestines, to Gerara.
And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.
And Abimelech said: Why hast thou deceived us? Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin.
And when very many days were passed, and he abode there, Abimelech, king of the Palestines, looking out through a window, saw him playing with Rebecca, his wife.
And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara his wife. And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.
And calling for him, he said: It is evident she is thy wife: why didst thou feign her to be thy sister? He answered: I feared lest I should die for her sake.
To which place when Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend, and Phicol chief captain of his soldiers, came from Gerara, Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?
And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.