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[1]AndAbraham journeyed from thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
[2]AndAbraham said of Sarah his wife, she is my sister: And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
[3]ButGod came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, on account of the woman whom thou hast taken: for she is a man's wife.
[4]ButAbimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou also slay a righteous nation?
[5]Saidhe not to me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart, and innocence of my hands have I done this.
[6]AndGod said to 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 I suffered thee not to touch her.
[7]Nowtherefore restore to the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou shalt not restore her, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.
[8]ThereforeAbimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were greatly afraid.
[9]ThenAbimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What has thou done to us? and in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds to me that ought not to be done.
[10]AndAbimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
[11]AndAbraham said, Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
[12]Andyet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
[13]Andit came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show to me; At every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
[14]AndAbimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.
[15]AndAbimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
[16]Andto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, to all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
[17]SoAbraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children.
[18]Forthe LORD had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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