And Abraham departed thence towarde the southcontre and dwelled betwene Cades and Sur &abar;d sogeorned in Gerar. And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe / that she was his sister. Than Abimelech kynge of Gerar sent and fett Sara awaye.

And God came to Abimelech by nyghte in a dreame and sayde to him: Se / thou art but a

deed man for the wom&abar;s sake which thou hast taken awaye / for she is a mans wyfe. But Abimelech had not yet come nye her / and therfore sayde: lorde wilt thou sley rightewes people? sayde not he vnto me / that she was hys sister? yee and sayde not she herself that he was hir brother? wyth a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this.

And God sayde vnto him in a dreame. I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thi herte. And therfore I kepte þe; that thou shuldest not synne agenst me / nether suffred I the to come nygh her. Now therfore delyuer the m&abar; his wyfe ageyne / for he is a prophete. And let him praye for the that thou mayst lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne / be sure that thou shalt dye the deth / with all that thou hast.

Than Abimelech rose vp be tymes in the mornynge and called all his servauntes / and tolde all these thinges in their eares / and the men were sore a frayde. And Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him: What hast thou done vnto vs / ∧ what haue I offended the / that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? thou hast done dedes vnto me that ought not to be done. And Abimelech sayde morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou that moved the to do this thinge?

And Abraham Answered. I thought that peradv&ebar;ture the feare of God was not in this

place / and that they shulde sley me for my wyfes sake: yet in very dede she is my sister / the doughter of my father / but not of my mother: and became my wyfe. And after God caused me to wandre out of my fathers house / I sayde vnto her: This kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come / that thou saye of me / how that I am thy brother.

Than toke Abimelech shepe and oxen / menservauntes and wemenseruauntes and gaue them vnto Abraham / and delyvered him Sara his wyfe agayne. And Abimelech sayde: beholde the lande lyeth be fore the / dwell where it pleaseth þe; best. And vnto Sara he sayde: Se I haue geuen thy brother a thousande peeces of syluer / beholde he shall be a couerynge to thyne eyes vnto all that ar with the and vnto all men and an excuse.

And so Abraham prayde vnto God / and God healed Abimeleh and his wyfe and hys maydens / so that they bare. For the LORde had closed to / all the matryces of the house of Abimelech / because of Sara Abrahams wyfe.

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