Abimelech’s Dream

1From there Abraham journeyed toward the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur; he sojourned in Gerar.

2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married.”

4Abimelech had not come near her, so he said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?”

5Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself also said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.

6Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, and I also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.”

7Now then, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will surely die—you and all who are yours.