Abraham goeth to Gerar -- Abraham and Sarah reproved by Abimelech.

¹⁾And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelleddwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

²⁾And Abraham said again of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

³⁾And Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said tounto him, Behold, thou arthast buttaken a dead man, for the woman which thouis hastnot taken;thine own, for she is a man'sAbraham's wife.

⁴⁾ButAnd the Lord said unto him, Thou shalt return her unto Abraham, for if thou do it not thou shalt die.

⁵⁾And Abimelech had not come near her:; andfor the Lord had not suffered him.

⁶⁾And he said, LORDLord, wilt thou slay me, and also a righteous nation? 5)Said Behold, said he not unto me, She is my sister? andAnd she, even she herself said, He is my brother:; and in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

⁶⁷⁾And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst do this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me:; therefore suffered I not thee not to touch her.

⁷⁸⁾Now, therefore, restore the man hisman's wife; to him, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live:; and if thou restore her not to him, know thou that thou shalt surely die,; thou, and all that are thine.

⁸⁹⁾Therefore, Abimelech rosearose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears:; and the men were sore afraid.

⁹¹⁰⁾Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou

¹¹⁾Thou hast done deedsthings unto me that ought not to be done. 10) And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

¹¹¹²⁾And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surelyassuredly the fear of God iswas not in this place;, and they willwould slay me for my wife's sake.;

¹²¹³⁾And yet indeed she iswas my sister; she iswas the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

¹³¹⁴⁾And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This isshall be thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me;, at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

¹⁴¹⁵⁾And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored unto him Sarah his wife.

¹⁵¹⁶⁾And Abimelech said, Behold, my land islieth before thee:; dwell where it pleaseth thee.

¹⁶¹⁷⁾And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver:; behold, he isshall togive unto thee a covering of the eyes, and it shall be a token unto all that arethou withmayest thee,not andbe withtaken allagain other:from Abraham thy husband. And thus she was reproved.

¹⁷¹⁸⁾So Abraham prayed unto God:; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants;, and they bare unto him children.

¹⁸¹⁹⁾For because of Sarah, Abraham's wife, the LORDLord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.