1 And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the 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 that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

4 But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou also kill a righteous nation?

5 Did he not say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and in the innocency of my hands have I done this.

6 And God said to him in a dream, I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her.

7 And now, restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and will pray for thee, that thou mayest live. And if thou do not restore {her}, know that thou shalt certainly die, thou and all that is thine.

8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid.

9 And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.

10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?

11 And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

12 But she is also truly my sister, 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 to her, Let this be thy kindness which thou shalt shew to me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

14 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave {them} to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.

16 And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand {pieces} of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.

17 And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore {children}.

18 For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

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。