1 Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.
2 And he said about his wife Sarah: 'She is my sister.' Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.
3 Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in the night, and he said to him: 'Lo, you shall die because of the woman that you have taken. For she has a husband.'
4 In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: 'Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?
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