1And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. 2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, you are but a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife. 4Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, will you slay even a righteous nation? 5Did he not himself say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this. 6And 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 did not allow you to touch her. 7Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours. 8And 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. 9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and 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. 10And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see, that you have done this thing? 11And 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. 12And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife: 13and 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: at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. 14And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him. 15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: dwell where it pleases you. 16And 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; and in respect of all you are righted. 17And Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants; and they bore children. 18For Yehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.