1 Abraham moved from Mamre to the southern part of Canaan and lived between Kadesh and Shur. Later, while he was living in Gerar,
2 he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
3 One night God appeared to him in a dream and said: “You are going to die, because you have taken this woman; she is already married.”
4 But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, “Lord, I am innocent! Would you destroy me and my people?