20:1 And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
20:3 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 mans wife.
20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou also slay a righteous nation?
20:5 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 innocency of my hands have I done this.
20:6 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 allowed thee not to touch her.
20:7 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.
20:8 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.
20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What hast thou done to us? and how 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.
20:10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wifes sake.
20:12 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.
20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my fathers house, that I said to her, This [is] thy kindness which thou shalt show to me; at every place where we shall come, say of me, He [is] my brother.
20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and male and female servants, and gave [them] to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.
20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
20:16 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.
20:17 So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bore [children].
20:18 For the LORD had closed fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.