¹⁷ But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his household with serious plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said, Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken [as your own], for she is a man’s wife.

⁴ But Abimelech had not come near her, so he said, Lord, will you slay a people who are just and innocent?

⁵ Did not the man tell me, She is my sister? And she herself said, He is my brother. In integrity of heart and innocency of hands I have done this.

⁶ Then God said to him in the dream, Yes, I know you did this in the integrity of your heart, for it was I Who kept you back and spared you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not give you occasion to touch her.

⁷ So now restore to the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her [to him], know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.