Genesis 20:1WEB
Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
Loading themes
Seek and you shall find
Step 1 of 4
The screens can be English or Spanish. English passages use World English Bible or King James. Spanish passages use the public-domain Reina-Valera 1909.
The text
GenesisWEB
Genesis 20:1WEB
Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
Genesis 20:2WEB
Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:3WEB
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife.”
Genesis 20:4WEB
Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
Genesis 20:5WEB
Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister’? She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
Genesis 20:6WEB
God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.
Genesis 20:7WEB
Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”
Genesis 20:8WEB
Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
Genesis 20:9WEB
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!”
Genesis 20:10WEB
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”
Genesis 20:11WEB
Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’
Genesis 20:12WEB
Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Genesis 20:13WEB
When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
Genesis 20:14WEB
Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
Genesis 20:15WEB
Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.”
Genesis 20:16WEB
To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.”
Genesis 20:17WEB
Abraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
Genesis 20:18WEB
For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.