Gen 20:1-6 | ESV | STEP | From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur ; and he sojourned in Gerar .

Genesis 20:1-6

Abraham and Abimelech

1 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between ^aKadesh and Shur; and he ^bsojourned in ^cGerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, ^d“She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 ^eBut God came to Abimelech ^fin a dream by 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.” 4 Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, ^g“Lord, will you kill an innocent people? 5 Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.” 6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning ^hagainst me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.