The Book of Genesis, Chapter 20ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ Κ′

Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἀπῇρεν Αβρααμ εἰς γῆν πρὸς λίβα καὶ ᾤκησεν ἀνὰ μέσον Καδης καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Σουρ καὶ παρῴκησεν ἐν Γεραροις.

And from there Abraham journeyed into the southern land, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

εἶπεν δὲ Αβρααμ περὶ Σαρρας τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ ὅτι Ἀδελφή μού ἐστιν· ἐφοβήθη γὰρ εἰπεῖν ὅτι Γυνή μού ἐστιν, μήποτε ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως δι᾿ αὐτήν. ἀπέστειλεν δὲ Αβιμελεχ βασιλεὺς Γεραρων καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν Σαρραν.

And Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife that she was his sister, for he was afraid to say that she was his wife, lest the men of the city kill him on her account. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Αβιμελεχ ἐν ὕπνῳ τὴν νύκτα καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἰδοὺ σὺ ἀποθνῄσκεις περὶ τῆς γυναικός, ἣν εἴληφας· αὕτη δέ ἐστιν συνῳκηκυῖα ἀνδρί.

And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, 'Behold, you are dying on account of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.'

Αβιμελεχ δὲ οὐχ ἥψατο αὐτῆς καὶ εἶπεν· Κύριε, ἔθνος ἀγνοοῦν καὶ δίκαιον ἀπολεῖς;

Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, 'Lord, will you destroy an unknowing and righteous nation?'

οὐκ αὐτὸς εἶπέν μοι ὅτι Ἀδελφή μού ἐστιν, καὶ αὐτὴ εἶπέν μοι ὅτι Ἀδελφός μού ἐστιν; ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ χειρῶν ἐποίησα τοῦτο.

Did not he himself say to me, 'She is my sister,' and did not she herself say to me, 'He is my brother'? In purity of heart and with clean hands I have done this.

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς καθ᾿ ὕπνον· Κἀγὼ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ ἐποίησας τοῦτο, καὶ ἐφεισάμην σου τοῦ μὴ ἁμαρτεῖν σε εἰς ἐμέ· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀφῆκά σε ἅψασθαι αὐτῆς.

And God said to him in the dream, 'I also knew that you did this in purity of heart, and I restrained you from sinning against me; therefore I did not allow you to touch her.'

νῦν δὲ ἀπόδος τὴν γυναῖκα τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, ὅτι προφήτης ἐστὶν καὶ προσεύξεται περὶ σοῦ καὶ ζήσῃ· εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀποδίδως, γνῶθι ὅτι ἀποθανῇ σὺ καὶ πάντα τὰ σά.

Now therefore restore the wife to the man, for he is a prophet and will pray for you and you will live; but if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all that are yours.

καὶ ὤρθρισεν Αβιμελεχ τὸ πρωῒ καὶ ἐκάλεσεν πάντας τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησεν πάντα τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι σφόδρα.

And Abimelech rose early in the morning and summoned all his servants and spoke all these words into their ears, and all the men were exceedingly afraid.

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Αβιμελεχ τὸν Αβρααμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Τί τοῦτο ἐποίησάς μοι; καὶ τί ἥμαρτόν σοι, ὅτι ἐπήγαγες ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν μου ἁμαρτίαν μεγάλην; ἔργον, ὃ οὐδεὶς ποιήσει, πεποίηκάς μοι.

And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, 'What is this you have done to me? And what have I sinned against you, that you have brought a great sin upon me and upon my kingdom? You have done to me a deed that no one does.'

εἶπεν δὲ Αβιμελεχ τῷ Αβρααμ· Τί ἐνεθυμήθης, ὅτι ἐποίησας τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμα;

And Abimelech said to Abraham, 'What were you thinking, that you did this thing?'

εἶπεν δὲ Αβρααμ· Εἶπα γάρ· Ἄρα οὐκ ἔστιν θεοσέβεια ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ, ἀποκτενοῦσί με ἕνεκεν τῆς γυναικός μου.

And Abraham said, 'For I said to myself, "Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me on account of my wife."'

ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἀληθῶς ἀδελφή μού ἐστιν ἐκ πατρός, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἐκ μητρός· ἐγενήθη δέ μοι εἰς γυναῖκα.

And moreover she is truly my sister — from the same father, but not from the same mother — and she became my wife.

ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἐξήγαγέν με ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ εἶπα αὐτῇ· Τὴν δικαιοσύνην ταύτην ποιήσεις ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ· εἰς πάντα τόπον, οὗ ἐὰν εἰσέλθωμεν ἐκεῖ, εἰπὸν ἐμὲ ὅτι Ἀδελφός μού ἐστιν.

And it came to pass, when God led me out from my father's house, that I said to her, 'Do this kindness for me: in every place where we enter, say of me that he is my brother.'

ἔλαβεν δὲ Αβιμελεχ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχους καὶ παῖδας καὶ παιδίσκας καὶ ἔδωκεν τῷ Αβρααμ καὶ ἀπέδωκεν αὐτῷ Σαρραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ.

And Abimelech took sheep and cattle and male and female servants and gave them to Abraham, and he restored to him Sarah his wife.

καὶ εἶπεν Αβιμελεχ τῷ Αβρααμ· Ἰδοὺ ἡ γῆ μου ἐναντίον σου· οὗ ἐάν σοι ἀρέσκῃ, κατοίκει.

And Abimelech said to Abraham, 'Behold, my land is before you; dwell wherever it pleases you.'

τῇ δὲ Σαρρα εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ δέδωκα χίλια δίδραχμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου· ταῦτα ἔσται σοι εἰς τιμὴν τοῦ προσώπου σου καὶ πάσαις ταῖς μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ πάντα ἀλήθευσον.

And to Sarah he said, 'Behold, I have given a thousand didrachma to your brother; these shall be to you for the honour of your face, and to all who are with you; and declare all things truthfully.'

προσηύξατο δὲ Αβρααμ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ ἰάσατο ὁ θεὸς τὸν Αβιμελεχ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔτεκον·

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants, and they bore children —

ὅτι συνέκλεισεν κύριος ἔξωθεν πᾶσαν μήτραν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Αβιμελεχ ἕνεκεν Σαρρας τῆς γυναικὸς Αβρααμ.

For the LORD had shut fast every womb from without in the house of Abimelech on account of Sarah the wife of Abraham.