Genesis 20:1–8

Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.

²And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her.

³And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

⁴Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?

⁵Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.

⁶And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her.

⁷Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

⁸And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid.