1 . Abraham  traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.

2 . Abraham  said about  Sarah  his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech , king of Gerar, sent and took  Sarah .

3 . But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man’s wife.”

4 . Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

5 . Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister?’ She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.”

6 . 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.

7 . Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”

8 . Abimelech  rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.

9 . Then Abimelech called Abraham , and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!”

10 . Abimelech  said to Abraham , “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”

11 . Abraham  said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

12 . Moreover , she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

13 . It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

14 . Abimelech  took sheep and oxen, male servants and womale servants, and gave them to Abraham , and restored  Sarah , his wife, to him.

1 5 . Abimelech  said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.”

16 . To  Sarah  he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.”

17 . Abraham  prayed to God. God healed Abimelech , and his wife, and his maid servants, and they bore children.

18. For  יהוה  had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech , because of  Sarah , Abraham  wife.