And Abraham journeyed from there to
the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
2 Now 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, “Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken,
for she is a man’s wife.”
4 But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord,
will You slay a righteous nation also?
5 “Did he not say 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 I have done this.”
6 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.
7 “Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; for he is a
prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you
shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”
8 So Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his
servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were very
much afraid.
9 And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have
you done to us? How have I offended 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.”
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