¹亚伯拉罕与亚比米勒

¹And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;

²曾经提到他的妻子撒拉说：“她是我的妹妹。”于是基拉耳王亚比米勒派人来把撒拉取了去。

²and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;` and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

³当夜，　神在梦中来到亚比米勒那里，对他说：“你该死，因为你接来的那女人，是个有夫之妇。”

³And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken — and she married to a husband.`

⁴亚比米勒还没有亲近撒拉，所以他说：“我主啊，连正义的人你也要杀害吗？

⁴And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?

⁵那人岂不是对我说：‘她是我的妹妹’吗？就是那女人自己也说：‘他是我的哥哥’。我作这事，是手洁心清的。”

⁵hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.`

⁶　神在梦中对他说：“我也知道你作这事，是问心无愧的，所以我也阻止你，免得你得罪我。因此我不容许你接触她。

⁶And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I — I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;

⁷现在你要把那人的妻子还给他，因为他是先知，他要为你祷告，你才可以存活。你若不还给他，你当知道，你和所有属你的，都死定了。”

⁷and now send back the man`s wife, for he [is] inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.`

⁸亚比米勒清早起来，召了他的众臣仆来，把这一切都说给他们听，以致他们都很惧怕。

⁸And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly;

⁹亚比米勒把亚伯拉罕召了来，对他说：“你为什么向我们这样行呢？我在什么事上得罪了你，以致你给我和我的国带来这个大罪呢？你对我作了不应该作的事。”

⁹and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.`

¹⁰亚比米勒又对亚伯拉罕说：“你为了什么缘故要这样作呢？”

¹⁰Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?`

¹¹亚伯拉罕回答：“因为我以为这地方必定没有敬畏　神的人，他们会因我妻子的缘故杀我。

¹¹And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;

¹²何况她也实在是我的妹妹；她原是我同父异母的妹妹，后来作了我的妻子。

¹²and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

¹³　神叫我离开我父家，在外飘流的时候，我对她说：‘我们无论到什么地方去，你都要对人说：“他是我的哥哥。”这就是你待我的恩情了。’”

¹³and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father`s house, that I say to her, This [is] thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He [is] my brother.`

¹⁴亚比米勒取了些牛羊、仆婢，送给亚伯拉罕，又把亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉还给他。

¹⁴And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;

¹⁵亚比米勒说：“看哪，我的国土都在你面前，你喜欢哪里，就住在哪里吧。”

¹⁵and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;`

¹⁶他又对撒拉说：“看哪，我给了你哥哥一千银子，作你在全家人面前的遮羞钱。这样，你在众人面前就算清白了。”

¹⁶and to Sarah he hath said, `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;` and by all this she is reasoned with.

¹⁷亚伯拉罕祷告　神，　神就医好了亚比米勒和他的妻子，以及他的众婢女，使她们能生育。

¹⁷And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:

¹⁸因为耶和华为了亚伯拉罕妻子撒拉的缘故，曾经使亚比米勒家中所有的妇女，都不能生育。

¹⁸for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham`s wife.