1 Mose 20

1 Und Abraham zog von dort ins Gebiet des Südlands und wohnte zwischen Kades und Schur. Als er einst zu Gerar weilte,

Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.

2 sprach Abraham von seinem Weibe Sara: "Sie ist meine Schwester." Da sandte der König von Gerar, Abimelech, hin und ließ Sara holen.

While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.

3 Gott aber kam im nächtlichen Traume zu Abimelech und sprach zu ihm: "Des Weibes wegen, das du geholt, mußt du sterben, ist sie doch eine Ehefrau."

But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”

4 Abimelech aber war ihr noch nicht genaht; so sprach er: "Herr, bringst du auch schuldlose Leute um?

But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?

5 Er hat doch selbst zu mir gesagt: 'Sie ist meine Schwester' und auch sie hat gesagt: 'Er ist mein Bruder.' In meines Herzens Einfalt und mit reinen Händen habe ich das getan."

He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”

6 Da sprach Gott zu ihm im Traume: "Auch ich weiß, daß du in deines Herzens Einfalt so gehandelt, und so bewahrte ich selbst dich davor, gegen mich zu sündigen; darum habe ich dir nicht zugelassen, sie zu berühren.

God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.

7 Gib aber jetzt dem Manne sein Weib heraus! Weil er ein Prophet ist, soll er für dich beten, daß du am Leben bleibst. Gibst du sie aber nicht heraus, so wisse, daß du sterben mußt, du samt all den Deinen!"

Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”

8 Da rief frühmorgens Abimelech alle seine Diener zusammen und erzählte ihnen all das, und die Männer erschraken sehr.

Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].

9 Dann ließ Abimelech Abraham rufen und sprach zu ihm: "Was hast du uns angetan? Womit habe ich gegen dich gefehlt, daß du so schwere Schuld über mich und über mein Gebiet gebracht hast? Was nimmermehr geschehen durfte, hast du mir angetan."

Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”

10 Dann sprach Abimelech zu Abraham: "Was ist dir eingefallen, daß du dies getan hast?"

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”

11 Da sprach Abraham: "Ich habe eben gedacht: 'Gar keine Furcht vor Gott herrscht an diesem Ort; sie bringen mich meines Weibes wegen um.'

Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’

12 Auch ist sie wirklich meine Schwester, meines Vaters Tochter, nur nicht meiner Mutter Tochter, und so ist sie mein Weib geworden.

Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.

13 Als mich die Himmlischen aus meines Vaters Hause auf die Irrfahrt schickten, sprach ich zu ihr. 'Tu mir dies zuliebe! Wohin wir kommen, sag von mir: Es ist mein Bruder.'"

Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”

14 Da nahm Abimelech Schafe und Rinder, Sklaven und Mägde und gab sie Abraham; auch gab er ihm sein Weib Sara heraus.

So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.

15 Und Abimelech sprach: "Mein Land steht dir offen. Laß dich nieder, wo es dir beliebt!"

And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”

16 Zu Sara aber sprach er: "Ich schenke deinem Bruder tausend Silberstücke. Dies sei dir Ersatz für alles, was dir, deinen Knechten und Mägden widerfahren ist."

And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”

17 Abraham aber betete zu Gott, und Gott heilte Abimelech, sein Weib und seine Mägde, daß sie Geburten hatten;

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.

18 denn der Herr hatte jeden Schoß in Abimelechs Hause wegen Sara, des Weibes Abrahams, verschlossen.

This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.