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The First Book of Moses, Called
Genesis
CHAPTER 20.
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,
and dwelled between Kadesh 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, because of the woman which thou
hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt
thou slay a nation even though it be blameless?
5 Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she
herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart
and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto 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 suffered I thee not to
touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet,
and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou
restore her not, 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 sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast
thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou
hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast
done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto 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 unto her, This is the kindness
which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall
come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him
Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell
where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a
thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is to thee a covering of
the eyes, unto all that are with thee; and before all men thou art
made righteous.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his
wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
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