{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/genesis/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:57:20.457Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Abraham said about Sarah his wife, |She is my sister.| Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, |Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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!|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Abimelech said to Abraham, |What did you see, that you have done this thing?|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Abraham said, |Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that 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.|'|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Abimelech said, |Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.|"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 20 (WEB)","markdown":"[Genesis 20](https://primebible.com/web/genesis/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/genesis/20 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}