8. 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;
9. 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.'
10. Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'
11. 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;
12. and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;
13. 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.'
14. And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;
15. and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'
16. 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.
17. And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:
18. for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.