Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Abraham journeyeth
from thence
toward
the land
of the south,
and dwelleth
between Kadesh and Shur ,
and
sojourneth
in Gerar ;
Now
Abraham journeyed
from there
to
the region
of the Negev
and settled
between Kadesh and Shur .
While
he
was
staying
in Gerar ,
and
Abraham saith
concerning
Sarah
his wife, `
She is my sister ;'
and
Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth
and
taketh
Sarah.
Abraham said
of
his wife Sarah
, “
She is my sister .”
So
Abimelech king of Gerar had
Sarah brought
to
him
.
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
. '
One
night,
however,
God came
to
Abimelech in a dream and told
him, “You
are
as
good
as
dead because of the woman you
have
taken ,
for
she is
a married
woman
. ”
And
Abimelech hath
not drawn
near unto
her, and
he saith
, `
Lord, also
a righteous
nation dost
thou
slay
?
Now
Abimelech had
not gone
near her, so
he replied
, “
Lord, would
You
destroy
a nation even
though
it
is
innocent
?
hath
not
he
himself
said
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 innocency
of my hands ,
I
have
done
this
. '
Didn’t
Abraham
tell
me, ‘
She is my sister ’?
And she herself said, ‘
He is my brother .’
I
have
done
this
in the integrity of my heart and the innocence
of my hands. ”
And
God saith
unto
him
in the dream, `Yea
, I --
I
have
known
that in
the
integrity
of
thy
heart
thou
hast
done
this, and I
withhold
thee,
even
I ,
from sinning against Me ,
therefore
I have
not suffered
thee
to
come
against
her ;
Then
God said
to
Abimelech
in the dream, “Yes
, I know
that you
did
this with
a
clear
conscience
, and so
I have
kept
you
from sinning against Me .
That
is
why
I did
not let
you
touch
her .
and
now send
back
the man's
wife, for he `
is '
inspired,
and
he doth
pray for thee,
and live thou;
and
if thou
do not send
back
, know
that dying
thou
dost
die ,
thou,
and all that
thou
hast
. '
Now return
the man’s
wife, for he is a
prophet;
he will
pray for you
and you
will
live .
But
if you
do not restore
her
, be
aware
that you
will
surely
die —you
and all who
belong
to
you
. ”
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;
Early the next
morning Abimelech
got
up
and summoned
all his servants; and when
he
described
to
them
all
that
had
happened,
the men were
terrified.
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. '
Then
Abimelech called
Abraham and asked
, “
What have
you
done to us? How
have I sinned against you
, that you
have
brought such
tremendous
guilt
upon me and my kingdom? You
have
done things
to
me that
should
not
be
done
. ”
Abimelech also saith
unto
Abraham, `
What hast
thou
seen
that
thou
hast
done
this
thing? '
Abimelech also asked
Abraham, “
What prompted
you
to
do
such
a
thing? ”
And
Abraham saith
, `Because
I said
, `
Surely the
fear of God is
not
in this place ,
and
they have
slain
me for
the
sake
of my wife ;
Abraham replied
, “
I thought
to
myself
, ‘
Surely there
is
no
fear of God in this place .
They will
kill
me on
account
of my wife .’
and
also
, truly
she is my sister, daughter of my father ,
only
not daughter of my mother ,
and she becometh
my wife ;
Besides
, she really
is my sister, the
daughter of my father —though
not the
daughter of my mother —
and she became
my wife .
and
it
cometh
to
pass,
when God hath
caused
me to
wander
from my father's
house, that
I say
to her
, This `
is '
thy
kindness
which
thou
dost
with
me: at
every
place
whither
we come
, say of me, He `
is '
my brother. '
So
when God had
me journey
from my father’s
house, I said
to Sarah
, ‘
This is how
you
can
show
your
loyalty
to
me: Wherever
we go
, say of me, “
He is my brother. ”’”
And
Abimelech taketh
sheep and oxen
, and
servants
and handmaids
, and giveth
to Abraham ,
and sendeth
back
to
him
Sarah
his wife ;
So
Abimelech brought
sheep and cattle
, menservants
and maidservants
, and he
gave
them
to Abraham and restored
his wife Sarah
to
him.
and Abimelech saith
, `Lo
, my land `
is '
before thee,
where
it
is
good
in
thine
eyes,
dwell;'
And Abimelech said
, “Look
, my land is before you.
Settle
wherever
you
please.”
and to
Sarah
he hath
said, `Lo
, I have
given
a thousand silverlings
to
thy
brother;
lo,
it is to
thee
a
covering
of
eyes,
to
all who are with thee
; '
and
by
all
this
she
is
reasoned
with
.
And he said to
Sarah
, “See
, I am
giving
your
brother
a thousand pieces
of
silver.
It is your
vindication
before
all who are with you
; you
are
completely
cleared
. ”
And
Abraham prayeth
unto
God, and God healeth
Abimelech and his wife ,
and his handmaids
, and
they bear :
Then
Abraham prayed
to
God, and God healed
Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants
, so
that
they could
again
bear children—
for Jehovah
restraining
had
restrained
every
womb
of
the
house
of
Abimelech,
because
of Sarah, Abraham's
wife
.
for on
account
of Abraham’s
wife
Sarah, the
LORD
had
completely
closed
all
the
wombs
in
Abimelech’s
household
.
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