Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar. Gen 26:1Gen 26:62Ch 14:13-14Gen 18:1Psa 29:8Deu 1:19Deu 32:51Gen 10:19 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Gen 12:15Gen 26:7Gen 12:11-132Ch 19:22Ch 32:31Col 3:9Ecc 7:20Eph 4:25 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of 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.” Gen 20:7Mat 27:19Job 33:15Psa 105:14Gen 28:12Mat 1:20Gen 31:24Gen 37:5
Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation? 1Ch 21:172Sa 4:11Gen 18:23-25Gen 19:24Gen 20:17-18Gen 20:6 Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister’? She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.” 1Ki 9:4Psa 7:81Ch 29:171Th 2:101Ti 1:132Co 1:122Ki 20:3Dan 6:22
God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her. 1Sa 25:341Sa 25:26Pro 21:1Gen 31:7Gen 35:52Th 2:7Exo 34:24Psa 84:11 Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.” Job 42:81Sa 7:5Heb 13:42Sa 24:171Ch 16:221Ki 13:62Ki 5:11Num 16:32-33
Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared. Then Abimelech called 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 deeds to me that ought not to be done!” Gen 12:18Gen 26:10Gen 39:91Sa 26:18-192Sa 12:10-112Sa 12:52Sa 13:12Exo 32:21 Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”
Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’ Gen 26:7Gen 12:12Gen 22:12Gen 42:18Job 28:28Neh 5:15Pro 16:6Pro 2:5 Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. Gen 11:291Th 5:22Gen 12:13 When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’” Gen 12:1Gen 12:91Sa 23:21Act 5:9Act 7:3-5Gen 12:11-20Heb 11:8Psa 64:5
Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him. Gen 12:16Gen 12:19-20Gen 20:11Gen 20:2Gen 20:7 Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.” Gen 13:9Gen 34:10Gen 47:6 To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.” Gen 20:5Pro 27:5Gen 24:651Ch 21:3-6Gen 26:11Jon 1:6Pro 12:1Pro 25:12
Abraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children. Jas 5:16Job 42:9-10Mat 21:22Php 4:6Pro 15:81Sa 5:11-121Th 5:25Ezr 6:10 For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife. Gen 12:17Gen 30:21Sa 1:61Sa 5:10Gen 16:2Gen 20:7