1 Ja Aabraham siirdus sealt Lõunamaale ning asus elama Kaadesi ja Suuri vahele; ta elas Geraris võõrana.

2 Ja Aabraham ütles oma naise Saara kohta: „Ta on minu õde." Siis Gerari kuningas Abimelek läkitas järele ja võttis Saara.

3 Aga Jumal tuli Abimeleki juurde öösel unes ja ütles temale: „Vaata, sa pead surema naise pärast, kelle sa enesele võtsid, sest ta on abielunaine!"

4 Abimelek aga ei olnud temasse puutunud ja vastas: „Issand, kas tahad surmata ka õiget rahvast?

5 Eks ta öelnud mulle: ta on minu õde? Ja tema ütles ka ise: ta on mu vend! Ma tegin seda vaga südame ja süütute kätega!"

6 Siis ütles Jumal temale unes: „Minagi tean, et sa tegid seda vaga südamega ja ma hoidsin sind ka Minu vastu pattu tegemast: sellepärast Ma ei lasknud sind temasse puutuda.

7 Ja nüüd anna mehele naine tagasi, sest ta on prohvet ja ta palub sinu pärast, et sa jääksid elama. Aga kui sa tagasi ei anna, siis tea, et peate surema sina ja kõik, kes sul on!"

8 Ja Abimelek tõusis hommikul vara, kutsus kõik oma sulased ning rääkis kõik need sõnad nende kuuldes; ja mehed kartsid väga.

9 Siis Abimelek kutsus Aabrahami ja ütles temale: „Mis sa meile tegid! Millega ma sinu vastu pattu tegin, et sa tõid suure süü minu ja mu kuningriigi peale? Sa oled minuga teinud sündmatuid tegusid!"

10 Ja Abimelek küsis Aabrahamilt: „Mida sa mõtlesid seda asja tehes?"

11 Ja Aabraham vastas: „Mina mõtlesin ainult, et selles paigas ei ole jumalakartust ja mind tapetakse mu naise pärast.

12 Ja tema ongi tõepoolest mu õde: mu isa tütar, kuigi mitte mu ema tütar; seetõttu ta sai mu naiseks.

13 Aga kui Jumal saatis mind isamajast rändama, ütlesin ma temale: osuta mulle seda armastust, et sa kõigis paigus, kuhu tuleme, minu kohta ütled: ta on mu vend!"

14 Siis Abimelek võttis pudulojuseid ja veiseid, sulaseid ja ümmardajaid ja andis Aabrahamile; ja ta andis temale tagasi Saara, ta naise.

15 Ja Abimelek ütles: „Vaata, mu maa on lahti sinu ees, ela, kus sulle meeldib!"

16 Ja Saarale ta ütles: „Näe, ma annan su vennale tuhat hõbetükki. Vaata, see olgu sulle hüvituseks kõigi ees, kes su juures on. Sa oled kõiges õigeks osutunud!"

17 Ja Aabraham palus Jumalat ja Jumal tegi terveks Abimeleki, ta naise ja ta ümmardajad, nõnda et nad said lapsi,

18 sest Issand oli sulgenud kõvasti kõik emaihud Abimeleki kojas Saara, Aabrahami naise pärast.

1 And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

2 And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?

5 Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

6 And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

7 So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.

8 So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

9 Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.

10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

11 And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

12 And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

13 And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.

14 Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah.

15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

16 And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.

17 Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

18 For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.