Dual Panel1Abraham <085> journeyed <05265> from there <08033> to the Negev <05045> region <0776> and settled <03427> between <0996> Kadesh <06946> and <0996> Shur <07793>. While he lived <01481> as a temporary resident in Gerar <01642>,
2Abraham <085> said <0559> about <0413> his wife <0802> Sarah <08283>, “She is my sister <0269>.” So <01931> Abimelech <040>, king <04428> of Gerar <01642>, sent for <07971> Sarah <08283> and took <03947> her.
3But God <0430> appeared <0935> to <0413> Abimelech <040> in a dream <02472> at night <03915> and said <0559> to him, “You are as good as dead <04191> because of the woman <0802> you have <0834> taken <03947>, for <05921> she <01931> is someone else’s <01167> wife <01166>.”
4Now Abimelech <040> had not <03808> gone near <07126> her. He said <0559>, “Lord <0136>, would you really <01571> slaughter <02026> an innocent <06662> nation <01471>?
5Did Abraham <01931> not <03808> say <0559> to me, ‘She <01931> is my sister <0269>’? And she <01931> herself <01931> <01571> said <0559>, ‘He <01931> is my brother <0251>.’ I have done <06213> this <02063> with a clear conscience <03824> <08537> and with innocent <05356> hands <03709>!”
6Then in the dream <02472> God <0430> replied <0559> to <0413> him, “Yes <01571>, I <0595> know <03045> that <03588> you have done <06213> this <02063> with a clear conscience <03824> <08537>. That is why I <0595> have kept <02820> you from sinning <02398> against <05921> me and why <03651> I did not <03808> allow <05414> you to <0413> touch <05060> her.
7But now <06258> give back <07725> the man’s <0376> wife <0802>. Indeed <03588> he <01931> is a prophet <05030> and he will pray <06419> for <01157> you; thus you will live <02421>. But if <0518> you don’t <0369> give <07725> her back <07725>, know <03045> that <03588> you will surely die <04191> <04191> along with all <03605> who <0834> belong to you <0859>.”
8Early <07925> in the morning <01242> Abimelech <040> summoned <07121> all <03605> his servants <05650>. When he told <01696> them about all <03605> these <0428> things <0241> <01697>, they <0376> were terrified <03966> <03372>.
9Abimelech <040> summoned <07121> Abraham <085> and said <0559> to him, “What <04100> have you done <06213> to us? What <04100> sin did I commit <02398> against <05921> you that <03588> would cause you to bring <0935> such great <01419> guilt <02401> on <05921> me and my kingdom <04467>? You have done <06213> things <04639> to me <05978> that <0834> should not <03808> be done <06213>!”
10Then Abimelech <040> asked <0413> <0559> Abraham <085>, “What <04100> prompted <07200> you to do <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>?”
11Abraham <085> replied <0559>, “Because <03588> I thought <0559>, ‘Surely <07535> no one <0369> fears <03374> God <0430> in this <02088> place <04725>. They will kill <02026> me because <01697> <05921> of my wife <0802>.’
12What’s more <01571>, she is indeed <0546> my sister <0269>, my father’s <01> daughter <01323>, but <0389> not <03808> my mother’s <0517> daughter <01323>. She became <01961> my wife <0802>.
13When God <0430> made <01961> me wander <08582> from my father’s <01> house <01004>, I told <0559> her, ‘This <02088> is what <0834> you can do to show <06213> your loyalty <02617> to me <05978>: Every <03605> place <04725> we go <0935>, say <0559> about me, “He <01931> is my brother <0251>.”’”
14So Abimelech <040> gave <03947> sheep <06629>, cattle <01241>, and male and female <08198> servants <05650> to Abraham <085>. He also gave <05414> his wife <0802> Sarah <08283> back <07725> to him.
15Then Abimelech <040> said <0559>, “Look <02009>, my land <0776> is before <06440> you; live <03427> wherever <02896> you please <05869>.”
16To Sarah <08283> he said <0559>, “Look <02009>, I have given <05414> a thousand <0505> pieces of silver <03701> to your ‘brother <0251>.’ This <01931> is compensation <03682> for you so that you will stand vindicated <03198> before <0854> all <03605> who <0834> are with <0854> you.”
17Abraham <085> prayed <06419> to <0413> God <0430>, and God <0430> healed <07495> Abimelech <040>, as well as his wife <0802> and female slaves <0519> so that they were able to have children <03205>.
18For <03588> the Lord <03068> had caused infertility to strike <06113> <06113> every <03605> woman in the household <01004> of Abimelech <040> because <05921> he took Sarah <08283>, Abraham’s <085> wife <0802>.