Genesis 20

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

And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar.

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

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech the 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 by night, and said to him, Behold, thou shalt die for the sake 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?

But Abimelech had not come near to her; and he said, Lord, wilt thou then slay also a righteous 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 unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself, said, He is my brother; in the integrity 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 also well know that thou hast done this in the integrity of thy heart; therefore did I also withhold thee from sinning against me; for this cause 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.

And now restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for thee, that thou mayest live; and if thou restore her not, know thou, that thou shalt surety die, thou and all that are 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 told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly 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? quae non debuisti facere, fecisti nobis.

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

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

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou didst 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 there is no fear of God in this place, and they will slay me for the sake of my wife.

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

And yet indeed she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of 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 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 to 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 is pleasing in thy eyes.

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 unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, this is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee; and with all others thou canst thus justify thyself.

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, so that they could bear children.

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

For the Lord had fast closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.