BERESHITH (GENESIS) 20

Gen 20:1 And Aḇraham set out from there to the land of the South, and dwelt
between Qaḏĕsh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
Gen 20:2 And Aḇraham said concerning Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.”
And Aḇimeleḵ sovereign of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Gen 20:3 But Elohim came to Aḇimeleḵ in a dream by night, and said to him,
“See, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for
she is a man’s wife.”
Gen 20:4 However, Aḇimeleḵ had not come near her, and he said, “ יהוה,
would You slay a righteous nation also?
Gen 20:5 “Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she, even she
herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and in the
innocence of my hands I have done this.”
Gen 20:6 And Elohim said to him in a dream, “Yea, I know that you did this
in the integrity of your heart, and so I kept you from sinning against Me. For
this reason I did not let you touch her.
Gen 20:7 “And now, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and let him
pray for you and you live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall
certainly die, you and all that are yours.”
Gen 20:8 So Aḇimeleḵ rose early in the morning, and called all his servants,
and spoke all these words in their hearing. And the men were greatly
frightened.
Gen 20:9 And Aḇimeleḵ called Aḇraham and said to him, “What have you
done to us? In what have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me
and on my reign a great sin? You have done matters to me that should not be
done.”
Gen 20:10 And Aḇimeleḵ said to Aḇraham, “What did you have in view,
that you have done this matter?”
Gen 20:11 And Aḇraham said, “Only because I said to myself, the fear of
Elohim is not in this place, and they shall kill me for the sake of my wife.
Gen 20:12 “And yet, she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.
Gen 20:13 “And it came to be, when Elohim caused me to wander from my
father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for
me: in every place, wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”
Gen 20:14 Then Aḇimeleḵ took sheep, and cattle, and male and female
servants, and gave them to Aḇraham. And he returned Sarah his wife to him.
Gen 20:15 And Aḇimeleḵ said, “See, my land is before you, dwell wherever
it is good in your eyes.”
Gen 20:16 And to Sarah he said, “See, I have given your brother a thousand
pieces of silver. See, it is to you a covering of eyes before all who are with
you and before all others, and you are cleared before everyone.”
Gen 20:17 And Aḇraham prayed to Elohim, and Elohim healed Aḇimeleḵ,
and his wife, and his female servants, so they bore children,
Gen 20:18 for יהוה had closed up all the wombs of the house of Aḇimeleḵ
because of Sarah, Aḇraham’s wife.