1Abraamo partì di là andando verso la regione meridionale, si stabilì fra Cades e Sur; poi abitò come straniero in Gherar.2Abraamo diceva di sua moglie Sara: «È mia sorella». E Abimelec, re di Gherar, mandò a prendere Sara.3Ma Dio venne di notte, in un sogno, ad Abimelec e gli disse: «Ecco, tu sei morto, a causa della donna che ti sei presa; perché è sposata».4Or Abimelec, che non si era ancora accostato a lei, rispose: «Signore, faresti perire una nazione anche se giusta?5Egli non mi ha forse detto: “È mia sorella?” Anche lei ha detto: “Egli è mio fratello”. Io ho fatto questo nell’integrità del mio cuore e con mani innocenti».6Dio gli disse nel sogno: «Anch’io so che tu hai fatto questo nell’integrità del tuo cuore: ti ho quindi preservato dal peccare contro di me; perciò non ti ho permesso di toccarla.7Ora, restituisci la moglie a quest’uomo, perché è profeta; egli pregherà per te e tu vivrai. Ma, se non la restituisci, sappi che sicuramente morirai, tu e tutti i tuoi».8Abimelec si alzò di mattina presto, chiamò tutti i suoi servi e raccontò in loro presenza tutte queste cose. E quegli uomini furono presi da grande paura.9Poi Abimelec chiamò Abraamo e gli disse: «Che ci hai fatto? In che cosa ti ho offeso, ché tu abbia attirato su di me e sul mio regno questo grande peccato? Tu mi hai fatto cose che non si debbono fare».10Di nuovo Abimelec disse ad Abraamo: «A che miravi facendo questo?»11Abraamo rispose: «L’ho fatto perché dicevo tra me: “Certo, in questo luogo non c’è timor di Dio e mi uccideranno a causa di mia moglie”.12Inoltre, è veramente mia sorella, figlia di mio padre, ma non figlia di mia madre, ed è diventata mia moglie.13Or quando Dio mi fece emigrare lontano dalla casa di mio padre, io le dissi: “Questo è il favore che tu mi farai; dovunque giungeremo dirai di me: ‘È mio fratello’”».14Abimelec prese delle pecore, dei buoi, dei servi e delle serve; li diede ad Abraamo e gli restituì Sara, sua moglie.15Abimelec disse: «Ecco, il mio paese ti sta davanti; va’ a stabilirti dove ti piacerà».16E a Sara disse: «Ecco, io ho dato a tuo fratello mille pezzi d’argento; questo sarà per te come un velo agli occhi davanti a tutti quelli che sono con te, e sarai riabilitata di fronte a tutti».17Abraamo pregò Dio e Dio guarì Abimelec, la moglie e le serve di lui, ed esse poterono partorire.18Infatti, il Signore aveva reso sterile l’intera casa di Abimelec a causa di Sara, moglie di Abraamo.
1Und Abraham brach von dort auf[1] ins Land des Südens und wohnte zwischen Kadesch und Schur. Als er sich in Gerar als Fremder aufhielt, (Gen 12,9; Gen 16,7; Gen 21,34; Gen 26,1)2sagte Abraham von seiner Frau Sara: Sie ist meine Schwester. Da sandte Abimelech[2], der König von Gerar, hin und ließ Sara holen[3]. (Gen 12,13)3Und Gott kam zu Abimelech im Traum der Nacht und sprach zu ihm: Siehe, du bist des Todes wegen der Frau, die du genommen hast; denn sie ist eine verheiratete Frau[4]. (Gen 28,12; Gen 31,24; Gen 37,5; Gen 40,5; Gen 46,2; Giob 4,13; Giob 33,15; Mat 1,20)4Abimelech aber hatte sich ihr nicht genaht; und er sprach: Herr, willst du denn eine gerechte Nation erschlagen?5Hat er nicht selbst zu mir gesagt: Sie ist meine Schwester? Und sie, auch sie selbst hat gesagt: Er ist mein Bruder. In Lauterkeit meines Herzens und in Unschuld meiner Hände habe ich das getan. (Sal 7,9)6Da sprach Gott im Traum zu ihm: Auch ich weiß[5], dass du in Lauterkeit deines Herzens dies getan hast, und so habe ich selbst dich auch davon abgehalten, gegen mich zu sündigen; darum habe ich dir nicht gestattet, sie zu berühren. (Gen 31,7; 1Sam 25,26; Prov 6,29)7Und nun, gib die Frau des Mannes zurück! Denn er ist ein Prophet und wird für dich bitten, dass du am Leben bleibst! Wenn du sie aber nicht zurückgibst, so wisse[6], dass du sterben musst, du und alles, was ⟨zu⟩ dir gehört. (2Cr 30,18; Sal 105,14)8Und Abimelech stand früh am Morgen auf und rief alle seine Knechte und redete alle diese Worte vor ihren Ohren; da fürchteten sich die Männer sehr.9Und Abimelech rief Abraham und sagte zu ihm: Was hast du uns angetan! Und was habe ich an dir gesündigt, dass du über mich und über mein Königreich eine ⟨so⟩ große Sünde gebracht hast? Dinge[7], die nicht getan werden dürfen, hast du mir angetan. (Gen 12,18)10Und Abimelech sagte zu Abraham: Was hast du ⟨damit⟩ beabsichtigt, dass du dies getan hast?11Und Abraham sprach: Weil ich ⟨mir⟩ sagte: Gewiss gibt es keine Gottesfurcht an diesem Ort, und sie werden mich erschlagen um meiner Frau willen. (Gen 12,12)12Und sie ist auch wirklich meine Schwester; die Tochter meines Vaters ist sie, nur nicht die Tochter meiner Mutter; so ist sie meine Frau geworden.13Und es geschah, als Gott mich aus meines Vaters Haus ⟨ziehen und⟩ umherirren ließ, da sagte ich zu ihr: Das sei deine Gefälligkeit[8], die du mir erweisen mögest: An jedem Ort, wohin wir kommen, sage von mir: Er ist mein Bruder!14Da nahm Abimelech Schafe und Rinder und Knechte und Mägde und gab sie dem Abraham; und ⟨auch⟩ Sara, seine Frau, gab er ihm zurück. (Gen 12,16)15Und Abimelech sagte: Siehe, mein Land ⟨liegt⟩ vor dir; wohne, wo es gut ist in deinen Augen! (Gen 13,9; Gen 34,10; Gen 42,34)16Und zu Sara sagte er: Siehe, ich habe deinem Bruder tausend Silber⟨schekel⟩ gegeben; siehe, das sei zu deinen Gunsten eine Augendecke[9] für alle, die bei dir sind, und du bist in allem gerechtfertigt[10].17Und Abraham betete zu Gott; und Gott heilte Abimelech und seine Frau und seine Mägde, sodass sie ⟨wieder Kinder⟩ gebaren. (Gen 12,17; Giob 42,9; Giac 5,16)18Denn der HERR hatte jeden Mutterleib dem Haus Abimelech vollständig verschlossen um Saras willen, der Frau Abrahams.
1From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. (Gen 16,7; Gen 16,14; Gen 26,3; Gen 26,6)2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. (Gen 12,13; Gen 26,7)3But God came to Abimelech in 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.” (Giob 33,15; Sal 105,14; Mat 1,20; Mat 2,12)4Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, “Lord, will you kill an innocent people? (Gen 18,23; 1Cr 21,17)5Did 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.”6Then 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 against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her. (Gen 39,9; Sal 51,4)7Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.” (Nu 16,32; 1Sam 7,5; Giob 42,8)8So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid.9Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.”10And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?”11Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’ (Gen 12,12; Gen 26,7; Prov 16,6)12Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. (Gen 11,29)13And when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, say of me, “He is my brother.”’” (Gen 12,1; Gen 12,13)14Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him. (Gen 12,16)15And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.” (Gen 13,9; Gen 34,10)16To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all[1] who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated.” (Gen 20,5; Gen 24,65)17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. (Giac 5,16)18For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife. (Gen 12,17)
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1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man' wife.4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.8Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife' sake.12And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.13And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father' house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other : thus she was reproved.17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children .18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham' wife.