20And Abraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev, and he settled between Kadesh and Shur. And he dwelled as an alien in Gerar. ²And Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. ³And God came to Abimelech in a dream at night. And he said to him, “Look, you are a dead man on account of the woman you have taken. For she is a married woman.”^a ⁴Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “my Lord, will you even kill a righteous people?” ⁵Did not he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ With integrity of my heart and with cleanness of my hands I did this.” ⁶Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes,^b I know that in the integrity of your heart you did this, and I also kept you from sinning^c against me. Therefore, I did not allow you to touch her. ⁷So now, return the wife of the man, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you and you will live. And if you do not return her,^d know that you will certainly die, and all that are yours.”

⁸So Abimelech rose early in the morning. And he called all his servants and told them all these things,^e and the men were very afraid.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “married of a husband” or “a woman owned by a husband”
bOr “Also”
cLiterally “kept back from sinning”
dLiterally “If there is not for you a returning”
eLiterally “said all these things in their ears”