20Abraham left Hebron and traveled to southern Canaan where he stayed awhile between Kadesh and Shur. When he moved to Gerar, ²he told people that his wife Sarah was his sister. Abimelech king of Gerar heard this, so he sent some servants to take her. ³But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, “You will die. The woman you took is married.”

⁴But Abimelech had not gone near Sarah, so he said, “Lord, would you destroy an innocent nation? ⁵Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I am innocent. I did not know I was doing anything wrong.”

⁶Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know you did not realize what you were doing. So I did not allow you to sin against me and touch her. ⁷Give Abraham his wife back. He is a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will not die. But if you do not give Sarah back, you and all your family will surely die.”

⁸So early the next morning, Abimelech called all his officers and told them everything that had happened in the dream. They were very afraid.

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