10. Whatever possessed you to do such a thing?”
11. Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.’
12. And she really is my sister, for we both have the same father, but different mothers. And I married her.
13. When God called me to leave my father’s home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.’”
14. Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him.
15. Then Abimelech said, “Look over my land and choose any place where you would like to live.”
16. And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your ‘brother’ 1,000 pieces of silver in the presence of all these witnesses. This is to compensate you for any wrong I may have done to you. This will settle any claim against me, and your reputation is cleared.”
17. Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children.
18. For the lord had caused all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham’s wife, Sarah.