11. Then Abraham said, “I thought no one in this place respected God. I thought someone would kill me to get Sarah.
12. She is my wife, but she is also my sister. She is the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother.
13. God led me away from my father’s house. He led me to wander to many different places. When that happened, I told Sarah, ‘Do something for me. Wherever we go, tell people you are my sister.’”
14. So Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham. Abimelech also gave Abraham some sheep, cattle, and slaves.
15. And Abimelech said, “Look all around you. This is my land. You may live any place you want.”
16. Abimelech said to Sarah, “I gave your brother Abraham 1000 pieces of silver. I did this to show that I am very sorry. I want everyone to see that I did the right thing.”
17-18. The Lord made all the women in Abimelech’s family not able to have children. God did this because Abimelech had taken Sarah, Abraham’s wife. But Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his servant girls.