Genesis 20

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

And Abraam removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.

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

And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha.

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

And God came to Abimelech by night in sleep, and said, Behold, thou diest for the woman, whom thou hast taken, whereas she has lived with a husband.

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

But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou destroy an ignorantly [sinning] and just nation?

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

Said he not to me, She is my sister, and said she not to me, He is my brother? with a pure heart and in the righteousness 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 to him in sleep, Yea, I knew that thou didst this with a pure heart, and I spared thee, so that thou shouldest not sin against me, therefore I suffered thee not to touch her.

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

But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; but if thou restore her not, know that thou shalt die and all thine.

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

And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears, and all the men feared exceedingly.

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? quae non debuisti facere, fecisti nobis.

And Abimelech called Abraam and said to him, What is this that thou hast done to us? Have we sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? Thou hast done to me a deed, which no one ought to do.

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

And Abimelech said to Abraam, What hast thou seen in [me] that thou hast done this?

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

And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

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

For truly she is my sister by my father, but not by my mother, and 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 brought me forth out of the house of my father, that I said to her, This righteousness thou shalt perform to me, in every place into which we may enter, 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 a thousand pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maid-servants, and gave them to Abraam, and he returned him Sarrha his wife.

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

And Abimelech said to Abraam, Behold, my land is before thee, dwell wheresoever it may please thee.

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

And to Sarrha he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to thee for the price of thy countenance, and to all the women with thee, and speak the truth in all things.

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

And Abraam prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.

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

Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarrha Abraam's wife.