Genesis 20:1-18 LSV

[1] And Abraham journeys from there toward the land of the south, and dwells between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourns in Gerar; [2] and Abraham says concerning his wife Sarah, “She is my sister”; and Abimelech king of Gerar sends and takes Sarah. [3] And God comes to Abimelech in a dream of the night and says to him, “Behold, you [are] a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken—and she married to a husband.” [4] And Abimelech has not drawn near to her, and he says, “Lord, do you also slay a righteous nation? [5] Has he not himself said to me, She [is] my sister! And she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocence of my hands, I have done this.” [6] And God says to him in the dream, “Indeed, I have known that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I withhold you, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not permitted you to come against her; [7] and now send back the man’s wife, for he [is] inspired, and he prays for you, and you live; and if you do not send back, know that dying you die, you and all that you have.” [8] And Abimelech rises early in the morning, and calls for all his servants, and speaks all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly; [9] and Abimelech calls for Abraham and says to him, “What have you done to us? And what have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Works which are not done you have done with me.” [10] Abimelech also says to Abraham, “What have you seen that you have done this thing?” [11] And Abraham says, “Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife; [12] and also, she is truly my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becomes my wife; [13] and it comes to pass, when God has caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I say to her, This [is] your kindness which you do with me: at every place to where we come, say of me, He [is] my brother.” [14] And Abimelech takes sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gives to Abraham, and sends back his wife Sarah to him; [15] and Abimelech says, “Behold, my land [is] before you, where it is good in your eyes, dwell”; [16] and to Sarah he has said, “Behold, I have given one thousand pieces of silver to your brother; behold, it is to you a covering of eyes, to all who are with you”; and by all this she is reasoned with. [17] And Abraham prays to God, and God heals Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear: [18] for YHWH restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.