And Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She [is] my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

And God came to Abimelech in a dream at night. And he said to him, "Look, you [are] a dead man on account of the woman you have taken. For she [is] {a married woman}."

Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, "my Lord, will you even kill a righteous people?"

So Abimelech rose early in the morning. And he called all his servants and {told them all these things}, and the men were very afraid.

And Abimelech called for Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you that you brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? You have done things to me that should not be done."

And Abimelech said to Abraham, "{What were you thinking} that you did this thing?"

And Abimelech took sheep and cattle and male slaves and female slaves, and he gave [them] to Abraham. And he returned Sarah his wife to him.

And Abimelech said, "Here [is] my land before you; settle {where it pleases you}."

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants so that they [could] bear children [again].

For Yahweh had completely closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of the matter of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

And it happened [that] at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God [is] with you, in all that you do.

Then Abraham complained to Abimelech on account of the well of water that servants of Abimelech had seized.

And Abimelech said, "I do not know who did this thing, neither did you tell me, nor have I heard [of it] except for today."

And Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave [them] to Abimelech. And the two of them {made} a covenant.

And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What [is the meaning of] these seven ewe-lambs that you have set [off] by themselves?"

And they {made} a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech, and Phicol his army commander stood and returned to the land of the Philistines.

And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

And it happened [that], {when he had been there a long time}, Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked through the window, and saw--behold--Isaac [was] fondling Rebekah his wife.

And Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Surely she [is] your wife. Now why did you say 'She [is] my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I thought I would die on account of her."

And Abimelech said, "What [is] this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife! Then you would have brought guilt upon us!"

Then Abimelech instructed all the people, saying, "The [one who] touches this man or his wife shall certainly die."

And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go [away] from us, for you have become much too powerful for us."

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol his army commander.