20:1 From
there
Abraham
journeyed
toward
the
territory
of
the
Negeb
and
lived
between
Kadesh
and
Shur;
and
he
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,
you
are
a
dead
man
because
of
the
woman
whom
you
have
taken,
for
she
is
a
man's
wife."
20:4 Now
Abimelech
had
not
approached
her.
So
he
said,
"Lord,
will
you
kill
an
innocent
people
20:5 Did
he
not
himself
say
to
me,
'She
is
my
sister'
And
she
herself
said,
'He
is
my
brother.'
In
the
integrity
of
my
heart
and
the
innocence
of
my
hands
I
have
done
this."
20:6 Then
God
said
to
him
in
the
dream,
"Yes,
I
know
that
you
have
done
this
in
the
integrity
of
your
heart,
and
it
was
I
who
kept
you
from
sinning
against
me.
Therefore
I
did
not
let
you
touch
her.
20:7 Now
then,
return
the
man's
wife,
for
he
is
a
prophet,
so
that
he
will
pray
for
you,
and
you
shall
live.
But
if
you
do
not
return
her,
know
that
you
shall
surely
die,
you
and
all
who
are
yours."
20:8 So
Abimelech
rose
early
in
the
morning
and
called
all
his
servants
and
told
them
all
these
things.
And
the
men
were
very
much
afraid.
20:9 Then
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
my
kingdom
a
great
sin
You
have
done
to
me
things
that
ought
not
to
be
done."
20:10 And
Abimelech
said
to
Abraham,
"What
did
you
see,
that
you
did
this
thing"
20:11 Abraham
said,
"I
did
it
because
I
thought,
There
is
no
fear
of
God
at
all
in
this
place,
and
they
will
kill
me
because
of
my
wife.
20:12 Besides,
she
is
indeed
my
sister,
the
daughter
of
my
father
though
not
the
daughter
of
my
mother,
and
she
became
my
wife.
20:13 And
when
God
caused
me
to
wander
from
my
father's
house,
I
said
to
her,
'This
is
the
kindness
you
must
do
me:
at
every
place
to
which
we
come,
say
of
me,
He
is
my
brother.'"
20:14 Then
Abimelech
took
sheep
and
oxen,
and
male
servants
and
female
servants,
and
gave
them
to
Abraham,
and
returned
Sarah
his
wife
to
him.
20:15 And
Abimelech
said,
"Behold,
my
land
is
before
you;
dwell
where
it
pleases
you."
20:16 To
Sarah
he
said,
"Behold,
I
have
given
your
brother
a
thousand
pieces
of
silver.
It
is
a
sign
of
your
innocence
in
the
eyes
of
all
who
are
with
you,
and
before
everyone
you
are
vindicated."
20:17 Then
Abraham
prayed
to
God,
and
God
healed
Abimelech,
and
also
healed
his
wife
and
female
slaves
so
that
they
bore
children.
20:18 For
the
LORD
had
closed
all
the
wombs
of
the
house
of
Abimelech
because
of
Sarah,
Abraham's
wife.