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When Shulem heard these words, he was amazed and he went straightway to the king.
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My lord king, said he. This curse hath come on account of Sarai the wife of Abram.
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Let Sarai be but restored to her husband Abram and this curse will be lifted from off all the males of Egypt.
4
Upon hearing these words, the king asked Sarai saying, Is this thing so?
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Yea, my lord, she replied, and it is done that thou mightest behold the power of God.
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For when thine heart lusted after me, thou shouldst have asked and not taken me by force.
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But this is done that the glory of God might be revealed that thou shouldst turn from the worship of dumb idols to the worship of the true and living God.