Genesis 20:7-18

English Standard Version

⁷ Now then, return the man's wife, ^(A)for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you ^(B)and all who are yours.”

⁸ So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid. ⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.” ¹⁰ And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?” ¹¹ Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ^(C)‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and ^(D)they will kill me because of my wife.’ ¹² Besides, ^(E)she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. ¹³ And when ^(F)God caused me to wander from my father's house, I said to her, ‘This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, ^(G)say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

¹⁴ Then Abimelech ^(H)took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him. ¹⁵ And Abimelech said, “Behold, ^(I)my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.” ¹⁶ To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given ^(J)your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is ^(K)a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all^[a] who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated.” ¹⁷ Then ^(L)Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. ¹⁸ For the Lord ^(M)had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.