168. And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, _She is my sister_; and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said unto him. Behold thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is _a man's wife_. But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord; wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 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. Genesis xx. 1 to 5.

169. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, _which she had borne unto Abraham_, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman, and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And Abraham rose up early in the morning _and took bread and a bottle of water_, and gave it unto Hagar (putting it on her shoulder) and the child? and sent her away, and she departed, _and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba_, Genesis xxi. 9, 10, 14.

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170. And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, _She is my sister_? for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon. And it came to pass when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw and behold, _Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife_. And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, _She is my sister?_ And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, lest I die for her. Genesis xxvi. 7, 8, 9.

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171. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, _and he was uncovered within his tent_. And Ham the father of Canaan _saw the nakedness of his father_, and told his two brethren without. Genesis ix. 21, 22.

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172. Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an _harlot and went in unto her_. Judges xvi. 1. judah.

173. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; _and he took her and went in unto her_. And she conceived and bare a son; and he called his name Er. Gen. xxxviii. 1 to 3.