5. Did not he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ With integrity of my heart and with cleanness of my hands I did this.”
6. Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you did this, and I also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore, I did not allow you to touch her.
7. So now, return the wife of the man, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you and you will live. And if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, and all that are yours.”
8. 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.
9. 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.”
10. And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking that you did this thing?”
11. And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place; they will kill me on account of the matter of my wife.
12. Besides, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.
13. And it happened that as God caused me to wander from the house of my father I said to her, ‘This is your loyal kindness that you must do for me at every place where we come: say concerning me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”
14. 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.
15. And Abimelech said, “Here is my land before you; settle where it pleases you.”