In the dream God responded,“ Yes, I know you are innocent. That’s why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.

神在梦中对他说：“我知道你做这事是心中正直；我也拦阻了你，免得你得罪我，所以我不容你沾着她。

上帝在梦中对他说：“我也知道你做这事是心中正直的；是我拦阻了你，免得你得罪我。所以我不让你侵犯她。

神在梦中对他说：“我也知道你做这事是心中正直的；是我拦阻了你，免得你得罪我。所以我不让你侵犯她。

上帝在梦中对他说：“我知道你问心无愧，所以我才阻止你，不让你亲近她，免得你得罪我。

神在梦中对他说：“我也知道你作这事，是问心无愧的，所以我也阻止你，免得你得罪我。因此我不容许你接触她。

神藉着梦对他说：“是的，我知道你做这事心中纯正，也是我拦阻了你，免得你对我犯罪；因此我没有让你碰她。

神在夢中對他說：「我知道你做這事是心中正直；我也攔阻了你，免得你得罪我，所以我不容你沾着她。

上帝在夢中對他說：「我也知道你做這事是心中正直的；是我攔阻了你，免得你得罪我。所以我不讓你侵犯她。

神在夢中對他說：「我也知道你做這事是心中正直的；是我攔阻了你，免得你得罪我。所以我不讓你侵犯她。

上帝在夢中對他說：「我知道你問心無愧，所以我才阻止你，不讓你親近她，免得你得罪我。

神在夢中對他說：“我也知道你作這事，是問心無愧的，所以我也阻止你，免得你得罪我。因此我不容許你接觸她。

上帝對亞比米勒夢中說：『我也知道你作這事乃心裏端正，因此我也攔阻你犯罪得罪了我，所以我不容你和她有接觸。

神藉著夢對他說：「是的，我知道你做這事心中純正，也是我攔阻了你，免得你對我犯罪；因此我沒有讓你碰她。

上帝曰、我知爾為此、心本端正、故我阻爾、免玷婦身、干咎於我、

上帝曰、我知爾為此、心本純良、故我阻爾、使爾不玷婦身、以干罪戾。

天主夢中謂之曰、我亦知爾行此、爾心實正、故我阻爾近婦、免爾獲罪於我、

Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Then God spoke to him in the dream. He said,“ Yes, I know you had no idea you were doing anything wrong. So I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.

Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

And God said to him in a dream,“ Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

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

Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against Me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.

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.

Then in the dream God replied to him,“ Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.

God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.

“ Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, since the Lord has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.

For I swear by the Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from hurting you, that if you had not hurried out to meet me, not one of Nabal’s men would still be alive tomorrow morning.”

but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.

Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.

So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.

No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”

The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases.

For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way.

As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.

Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation:“ Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!”

So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.

“ It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said,‘ You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’”

“ Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the Lord. Suppose you cheat in a deal involving a security deposit, or you steal or commit fraud,

I will drive out the other nations ahead of you and expand your territory, so no one will covet and conquer your land while you appear before the Lord your God three times each year.

“ For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes. I will block her path with a wall to make her lose her way.When she runs after her lovers, she won’t be able to catch them. She will search for them but not find them. Then she will think,‘ I might as well return to my husband, for I was better off with him than I am now.’

Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations.

For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.

For the Lord had caused all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham’s wife, Sarah.

Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.