¹ Iš ten Abraomas traukė toliau į pietų šalį ir apsigyveno Gerare tarp Kadešo ir Šūro.

² Abraomas sakė apie savo žmoną Sarą: “Ji yra mano sesuo”. Tada Abimelechas, Geraro karalius, paėmė Sarą.

³ Bet Dievas sapne pasirodė Abimelechui ir tarė: “Tu mirsi dėl moters, kurią paėmei, nes ji turi vyrą”.

⁴ Abimelechas dar nebuvo jos palietęs. Jis tarė: “Viešpatie, ar žudysi niekuo nekaltą tautą?

⁵ Argi Abraomas man nesakė: ‘Ji yra mano sesuo’? Ir ar ji pati nesakė: ‘Jis yra mano brolis’? Nekalta širdimi ir tyromis rankomis tai padariau”.

⁶ Dievas tarė jam sapne: “Aš žinau, kad tai darei nekalta širdimi, todėl tave sulaikiau, kad man nenusidėtum ir jos nepaliestum.

⁷ Taigi dabar sugrąžink vyrui žmoną, nes jis yra pranašas. Jis melsis už tave, ir tu išliksi gyvas. O jei nesugrąžinsi, tai žinok, kad tikrai mirsi su visais savaisiais!”

⁸ Abimelechas, atsikėlęs anksti rytą, sušaukė visus savo tarnus ir papasakojo jiems sapną. Žmonės labai nusigando.

⁹ Abimelechas pasikvietė Abraomą ir jam tarė: “Ką mums padarei? Ir kuo aš tau nusidėjau, kad užtraukei man ir mano karalystei tokią didelę nuodėmę? Tu neturėjai pasielgti su manimi taip, kaip pasielgei”.

¹⁰ Abimelechas tęsė toliau: “Ką galvojai taip darydamas?”

¹¹ Abraomas atsakė: “Aš galvojau, kad šioje šalyje nėra Dievo baimės ir dėl mano žmonos jie užmuš mane.

¹² Bet ji iš tikrųjų yra mano sesuo: mano tėvo duktė, tik ne mano motinos, ir ji tapo mano žmona.

¹³ Kai Dievas mane išvedė iš mano tėvo namų, aš jai tariau: “Padaryk man tą malonę­visur, kur nueisime, sakyk apie mane: ‘Jis yra mano brolis’ ”.

¹⁴ Abimelechas davė Abraomui avių, galvijų, tarnų bei tarnaičių ir sugrąžino jam jo žmoną Sarą.

¹⁵ Abimelechas tarė: “Štai mano kraštas tau atviras, įsikurk, kur tau patinka!”

¹⁶ O Sarai jis pasakė: “Aš daviau tavo broliui tūkstantį sidabrinių. Tebūna tai įrodymas visiems, kurie yra su tavimi, ir kitiems, kad esi nekalta”.

¹⁷ Abraomas meldė Dievą, ir Jis pagydė Abimelechą, jo žmoną ir tarnaites, kad jos gimdytų.

¹⁸ Nes Viešpats buvo padaręs nevaisingomis visas moteris Abimelecho namuose dėl Abraomo žmonos Saros.

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.