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¹ And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.² And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, she is my sister: And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

³ But God 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 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou also slay a righteous nation?⁵ Said he 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 And God 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 Now therefore 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 Therefore Abimelech 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 Then Abimelech 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 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?¹¹ And Abraham 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 And yet 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 And it 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 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave [them] to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.¹⁵ And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.¹⁶ And to 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 So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore [children].¹⁸ For the LORD had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.