8. Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally told them all these things, and the men were terrified.
9. Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, “What have you done to us? How did I sin against you that you have brought such enormous guilt on me and on my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”
10. Abimelech also said to Abraham, “What did you intend when you did this thing? ”
11. Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
12. Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.
13. So when God had me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me: ‘He’s my brother.’ ”
14. Then Abimelech took sheep and cattle and male and female slaves, gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him.
15. Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you want.”