Abraham and Abimelek
1Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, 2and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
3But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, ‘You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.’
4Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, ‘Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? 5Did he not say to me, “She is my sister,” and didn’t she also say, “He is my brother”? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.’
6Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know 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. 7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.’
8Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid. 9Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, ‘What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.’ 10And Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What was your reason for doing this?’
11Abraham replied, ‘I said to myself, “There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.” 12Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. 13And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is how you can show your love to me: everywhere we go, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’ ” ’
14Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him. 15And Abimelek said, ‘My land is before you; live wherever you like.’
16To Sarah he said, ‘I am giving your brother a thousand shekels20:16 That is, about 12 kilograms of silver. This is to cover the offence against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.’
17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, 18for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
亚伯拉罕与亚比米勒
1亚伯拉罕从幔利迁往南地，住在加低斯和书珥之间。在基拉耳寄居期间， 2他称妻子撒拉是自己的妹妹。基拉耳王亚比米勒派人带走了撒拉。
3晚上，上帝在梦中对亚比米勒说：“你的死期到了，因为你带来的那个女人是别人的妻子。” 4亚比米勒还没有亲近撒拉，因此他说：“主啊，难道你要毁灭一个无辜的国家吗？ 5那人亲口对我说这女人是他妹妹，她也说那人是她哥哥。我问心无愧，没有做错。” 6上帝在梦中对他说：“我知道你问心无愧，所以我才阻止你，不让你亲近她，免得你得罪我。 7现在你要把那人的妻子还给他，他是个先知，他会为你祷告，使你活命。要知道，如果你不这样做，你和你的人民都必死。”
8亚比米勒清早起来召来他的臣仆，把这件事情告诉他们，他们听了都十分害怕。 9亚比米勒召见亚伯拉罕，对他说：“你为什么要害我们？我什么地方得罪了你？你竟使我和我的人民陷入大罪！你不该这样做。” 10又说：“你为什么这样做？” 11亚伯拉罕回答说：“因为我想这里的人不敬畏上帝，他们必为了夺我妻子而杀我。 12况且，她真是我的妹妹，与我同父异母，后来做了我的妻子。 13上帝吩咐我离开家乡到外面漂泊的时候，我对她说，‘无论我们到哪里，你都要说我是你哥哥，这就是你对我的恩情。’”
14于是，亚比米勒带来牛、羊和男女仆婢送给亚伯拉罕，并把他妻子撒拉还给他， 15又对他说：“我的国土就在你面前，你想住在哪里都可以。” 16亚比米勒对撒拉说：“我给你哥哥十一公斤银子，在你家人面前证明你是清白的，你没有做错什么。”
17亚伯拉罕祈求上帝，上帝就治好了亚比米勒，也使他妻子和众婢女恢复了生育能力。 18原来耶和华因为亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉这件事，使亚比米勒宫中所有的妇女都不能生育。
