1. From there Abraham journeyed on to the region of the Negeb, where he settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he resided in Gerar as an alien,
2. Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
3. But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him: You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she has a husband.
4. Abimelech, who had not approached her, said: “O Lord, would you kill an innocent man?