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Genesis 20:7-9
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7 So now, return the man’s wife so that he may intercede for you, since he is a prophet,[a] that you may live. If you do not return her, you can be sure that you and all who are yours will die.

8 Early the next morning Abimelech called all his servants and informed them of everything that had happened, and the men were filled with fear. 9 Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him: “What have you done to us! What wrong did I do to you that you would have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have treated me in an intolerable way.

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  1. 20:7 Prophet: only here is Abraham explicitly called “prophet,” Hebrew nabi (cf. Ps 105:15).
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