SARAH RESCUED FROM ABIMELECH

20 From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,c 2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.”d So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”C

4 Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “Lord, would you destroy a nation even though it is innocent?