Genesis 20
1 profectus inde Abraham in terram australem habitavit inter Cades et Sur et peregrinatus est in Geraris
Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He was a foreigner living in Gerar.
2 dixitque de Sarra uxore sua soror mea est misit ergo Abimelech rex Gerarae et tulit eam
Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
3 venit autem Deus ad Abimelech per somnium noctis et ait ei en morieris propter mulierem quam tulisti habet enim virum
But God came to Abimelech in a dream in 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.”
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, would you kill even 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
Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister?' Even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
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
Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I also know that in the integrity of your heart you did this, and I also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not allow you to touch her.
7 nunc igitur redde uxorem viro suo quia propheta est et orabit pro te et vives si autem nolueris reddere scito quod morte morieris tu et omnia quae tua sunt
Therefore, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not restore her, know that you and all who are yours will surely die.”
8 statimque de nocte consurgens Abimelech vocavit omnes servos suos et locutus est universa verba haec in auribus eorum timueruntque omnes viri valde
Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all of his servants to himself. He told all these things to them, and the men were very 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 for 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 to me that which ought not to be done.”
10 rursusque expostulans ait quid vidisti ut hoc faceres
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”
11 respondit Abraham cogitavi mecum dicens forsitan non est timor Dei in loco isto et interficient me propter uxorem meam
Abraham said, “Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
12 alias autem et vere soror mea est filia patris mei et non filia matris meae et duxi eam uxorem
Besides, she is indeed 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
When God caused me to leave my father's house and travel from place to place, I said to her, 'You must show me this faithfulness as my wife: At every place where we go, say about me, “He is my brother.”'”
14 tulit igitur Abimelech oves et boves et servos et ancillas et dedit Abraham reddiditque illi Sarram uxorem suam
Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham. Then he returned Sarah, Abraham's wife, to him.
15 et ait terra coram vobis est ubicumque tibi placuerit habita
Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever it pleases you.”
16 Sarrae 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
To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is to cover any offense against you in the eyes of all that are with you, and before everyone, you are completely made right.”
17 orante autem Abraham sanavit Deus Abimelech et uxorem ancillasque eius et pepererunt
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they were able to have children.
18 concluserat enim Deus omnem vulvam domus Abimelech propter Sarram uxorem Abraham
For Yahweh had caused all the women of the household of Abimelech to be completely infertile, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
