¹ Авраамъ пошелъ оттуда въ землю полуденную; и сталъ жить между Кадесомъ и между Суромъ; и пришелъ на время въ Гераръ.

² И сказалъ Авраамъ о Саррј, женј своей: она сестра моя. И послалъ Авимелехъ, царь Герарскій, и взялъ Сарру.

³ И пришелъ Богъ къ Авимелеху ночью во снј, и сказалъ ему: вотъ, ты умрешь за сію женщину, которую ты взялъ; ибо она имјетъ мужа.

⁴ Впрочемъ Авимелехъ не прикасался къ ней, и сказалъ: Господи! не ужели Ты погубишь и неповинный народъ?

⁵ Не самъ ли онь сказалъ мнј: она сестра моя? и она сама сказала: онъ братъ мой. Я сдјлалъ это въ простотј сердца и чистыми руками.

⁶ И сказалъ ему Богъ во снј: и Я знаю, что ты сдјлалъ сіе въ простотј сердца, Я же и удержалъ тебя отъ грјха предо Мною, потому и не допустилъ тебя прикоснуться къ ней.

⁷ Итакъ, возврати жену мужу: ибо онъ пророкъ, и помолится о тебј, и ты будешь живъ; а если не возвратишь, то знай, что непремјнно умрешь ты, и всј твои.

⁸ Авимелехъ всталъ рано, и призвалъ всјхъ рабовъ своихъ, и пересказалъ всј слова сіи въ уши ихъ; и сіи люди весьма испугались.

⁹ И призвалъ Авимелехъ Авраама, и сказалъ ему: что ты съ нами сдјлалъ? чјмъ согрјшилъ я противъ тебя, что ты навелъ было на меня и на царство мое столь великій грјхъ? ты сдјлалъ со мною дјла. какихъ не дјлають.

¹⁰ И сказалъ Авимелехъ Аврааму: что ты имјлъ въ виду, когда дјлалъ такое дјло?

¹¹ Авраамъ сказалъ: я подумалъ: можетъ быть, нјтъ страха Божія на мјстј семъ, и убьютъ меня за жену мою.

¹² Да она и подлинно сестра мнј; она дочь отца моего, только не дочь матери моей; и сдјлалась моею женою.

¹³ Итакъ, когда Богъ повелъ меня изъ дома отца моего странствовать, то я сказалъ ей: сдјлай со мною сію милость, въ какое ни придемъ мы мјсто, вездј говори обо мнј: это братъ мой.

¹⁴ Тогда Авимелехъ взялъ мјлкаго и крупнаго скота, и рабовъ, и рабынь, и далъ Аврааму; и возвратилъ ему Сарру, жену его.

¹⁵ И сказалъ Авимелехъ: вотъ, земля моя предъ тобою; живи, гдј понравится глазамъ твоимъ.

¹⁶ А Саррј сказалъ: вотъ, я далъ брату твоему тысячу сиклей серебра; вотъ, это тебј покрывало для очей, предъ всјми находящимися съ тобою, и предъ всјми прочими, чтобы знали тебя.

¹⁷ И помолился Авраамъ Богу, и изцјлилъ Богъ Авимелеха, и жену его, и рабынь его, и онј стали рождать.

¹⁸ Ибо совсјмъ заключилъ было Іегова всякое чрево въ домј Авимелеха, за Сарру, жену Авраамову.

¹ Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.

² Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."

⁴ Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

⁵ Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."

⁶ God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.

⁷ Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours."

⁸ Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.

⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"

¹⁰ Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"

¹¹ Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'

¹² Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

¹³ It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"

¹⁴ Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.

¹⁵ Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."

¹⁶ To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."

¹⁷ Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.

¹⁸ For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.