Genesis 20

1 Profectus inde Abraham in terram australem, habitavit inter Cades, et Sur: et peregrinatus est in Geraris.

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

2 Dixitque de Sara uxore suo, Soror mea est. Misit ergo Abimelech rex Geraræ, et tulit eam.

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

3 Venit autem Deus ad Abimelech per somnium nocte, et ait illi: En morieris propter mulierem, quam tulisti: habet enim virum.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: 'Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.'

4 Abimelech vero non tetigerat eam, et ait: Domine, num gentem ignorantem et iustam interficies?

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?

5 Nonne ipse dixit mihi: Soror mea est: et ipsa ait: Frater meus est? in simplictate cordis mei, et munditia manuum mearum feci hoc.

Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'

6 Dixitque ad eum Deus: Et ego scio quod simplici corde feceris: et ideo custodivi te ne peccares in me, et non dimisi ut tangeres eam.

And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

7 Nunc ergo redde viro suo uxorem, quia propheta est: et orabit pro te, et vives: si autem nolueris reddere, scito quod morte morieris tu, et omnia quæ tua sunt.

Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.'

8 Statimque de nocte consurgens Abimelech, vocavit omnes servos suos: et locutus est universa verba hæc in auribus eorum, timueruntque omnes viri valde.

And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore afraid.

9 Vocavit autem Abimelech etiam Abraham, et dixit ei: Quid fecisti nobis? quid peccavimus in te, quia induxisti super me et super regnum meum peccatum grande? quæ non debuisti facere, fecisti nobis.

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.'

10 Rursumque expostulans, ait: Quid vidisti, ut hoc faceres?

And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'

11 Respondit Abraham: Cogitavi mecum, dicens: Forsitan non est timor Dei in loco isto: et interficient me propter uxorem meam:

And Abraham said: 'Because I thought: Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

12 alias autem et vere soror mea est, filia patris mei, et non filia matris meæ, et duxi eam in uxorem.

And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and so she became my wife.

13 Postquam autem eduxit me Deus de domo patris mei, dixi ad eam: Hanc misericordiam facies mecum: In omni loco, ad quem ingrediemur, dices quod frater tuus sim.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her: This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me: He is my brother.'

14 Tulit igitur Abimelech oves et boves, et servos et ancillas, et dedit Abraham: reddiditque illi Saram uxorem suam,

And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

15 et ait: Terra coram vobis est, ubicumque tibi placuerit habita.

And Abimelech said: 'Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.'

16 Saræ autem dixit: Ecce mille argenteos dedi fratri tuo, hoc erit tibi in velamen oculorum ad omnes qui tecum sunt, et quocumque perrexeris: mementoque te deprehensam.

And unto Sarah he said: 'Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and before all men thou art righted.'

17 Orante autem Abraham, sanavit Deus Abimelech et uxorem, ancillasque eius, et pepererunt:

And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.

18 concluserat enim Dominus omnem vulvam domus Abimelech propter Saram uxorem Abrahæ.

For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.