and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Lo, thou art a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'

And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, 'Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?

And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly;

and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, 'What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;

and Abimelech saith, 'Lo, my land is before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'

And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:

for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, 'God is with thee in all that thou art doing;

And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,

and Abimelech saith, 'I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.'

And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What are they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;

And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

And it cometh to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looketh through the window, and seeth, and lo, Isaac is playing with Rebekah his wife.

And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, 'Lo, she is surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She is my sister?' and Isaac saith unto him, 'Because I said, Lest I die for her.'

And Abimelech saith, 'What is this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;'

and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, 'He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.'

And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, 'Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'

And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host;