9 Abimelech then called in Abraham and said:Look what you've done to us! What have I ever done to you? Why did you make me and my nation guilty of such a terrible sin?
10 What were you thinking when you did this?
11 Abraham answered:I did it because I didn't think any of you respected God, and I was sure that someone would kill me to get my wife.
12 Besides, she is my half-sister. We have the same father, but different mothers.
13 When God made us leave my father's home and start wandering, I told her, “If you really love me, you will tell everyone that I am your brother.”
14 Abimelech gave Abraham some sheep, cattle, and slaves. He sent Sarah back
15 and told Abraham that he could settle anywhere in his country.