1 亚伯拉罕从那里迁到南地， 就住在加低斯和书珥中间。亚伯拉罕寄居在基拉耳的时候， 2 曾经提到他的妻子撒拉说： "她是我的妹妹。"于是基拉耳王亚比米勒派人来把撒拉取了去。 3 当夜， 神在梦中来到亚比米勒那里， 对他说： "你该死， 因为你接来的那女人， 是个有夫之妇。" 4 亚比米勒还没有亲近撒拉， 所以他说： "我主啊， 连正义的人你也要杀害吗？ 5 那人岂不是对我说： ‘她是我的妹妹’吗？就是那女人自己也说： ‘他是我的哥哥’。我作这事， 是手洁心清的。" 6 神在梦中对他说： "我也知道你作这事， 是问心无愧的， 所以我也阻止你， 免得你得罪我。因此我不容许你接触她。 7 现在你要把那人的妻子还给他， 因为他是先知， 他要为你祷告， 你才可以存活。你若不还给他， 你当知道， 你和所有属你的， 都死定了。" 8 亚比米勒清早起来， 召了他的众臣仆来， 把这一切都说给他们听， 以致他们都很惧怕。 9 亚比米勒把亚伯拉罕召了来， 对他说： "你为什么向我们这样行呢？我在什么事上得罪了你， 以致你给我和我的国带来这个大罪呢？你对我作了不应该作的事。" 10 亚比米勒又对亚伯拉罕说： "你为了什么缘故要这样作呢？" 11 亚伯拉罕回答： "因为我以为这地方必定没有敬畏 神的人， 他们会因我妻子的缘故杀我。 12 何况她也实在是我的妹妹； 她原是我同父异母的妹妹， 后来作了我的妻子。 13 神叫我离开我父家， 在外飘流的时候， 我对她说： ‘我们无论到什么地方去， 你都要对人说： "他是我的哥哥。"这就是你待我的恩情了。’" 14 亚比米勒取了些牛羊、仆婢， 送给亚伯拉罕， 又把亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉还给他。 15 亚比米勒说： "看哪， 我的国土都在你面前， 你喜欢哪里， 就住在哪里吧。" 16 他又对撒拉说： "看哪， 我给了你哥哥一千银子， 作你在全家人面前的遮羞钱。这样， 你在众人面前就算清白了。" 17 亚伯拉罕祷告 神， 神就医好了亚比米勒和他的妻子， 以及他的众婢女， 使她们能生育。 18 因为耶和华为了亚伯拉罕妻子撒拉的缘故， 曾经使亚比米勒家中所有的妇女， 都不能生育。

1 And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;2 and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;` and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.3 And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.`4 And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?5 hath not he 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 innocency of my hands, I have done this.`6 And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;7 and now send back the man`s wife, for he [is] inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.`8 And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly;9 and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.`10 Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?`11 And Abraham saith, `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, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;13 and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father`s house, that I say to her, This [is] thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He [is] my brother.`14 And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;15 and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;`16 and to Sarah he hath said, `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;` and by all this she is reasoned with.17 And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:18 for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham`s wife.