A   And Abraham departed thence towarde þe; south c&obar;trey, and dwelled betwene Cades ∧ Sur, and soiorned in Gerar. And Abraham sayde of Sara hys wyfe: she is my ^note syster. And Abimelech kynge of Gerar sent ∧ fett Sara awaye.

But God came to Abimelech in a dreame in þe; nyght and sayde to hym: Se, thou shalt dye for the wom&abar;s sake which thou hast taken awaye, for she is a m&abar;s wyfe. But Abimelech had not yet come nye her, ∧ he sayde: Lorde wylt thou sley ryghtewes people? sayde not he vnto me, she is my syster? yee, ∧ sayde not she herselfe: he is my brother? with a pure herte and innocent h&abar;des haue I done this. B   And God sayde vnto him by a dreame: I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thy herte. I kepte þe; also that thou shuldest not sinne agaynst me, ∧ therfore suffred I the not to touch her. Nowe therfore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne, for he is a prophete. And he shall praye for þe; that thou mayst lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne, be sure that thou shalt dye the deth, both thou, and all that thou hast.

Therfore Abimelech rysynge vp betymes in the mornynge called all his seruauntes, ∧ tolde all these sayinges in their eares, and þe; men were sore afrayde. C   And Abimelech called Abraham ∧ sayde vnto hym: What hast thou done vnto vs ∧ what haue I offended the that thou hast brought on me and on my kyngdome so great a synne? thou hast done dedes vnto me þt; ought not to be done. And Abimelech sayde vnto Abraham: What sawest thou that thou hast done this thynge?

Abraham answered. For I sayde: surely the feare of God is not in thys place, ∧ they shall sley me for my wyfes sake: yet in very dede she is my syster, for she is the daughter of my father: though she be not the daughter of my mother: and she became my wyfe. And after, God caused me to wandre, out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: Thys kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come, that thou saye of me, he is my brother.

D   Than toke Abimelech shepe and oxen, men seruauntes ∧ wemen seruauntes ∧ gaue them vnto Abrah&abar;, and delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne. And Abimelech sayde: beholde, my lande lyeth before the, dwell where it pleaseth þe; best. But vnto Sara he sayde: Se, I haue geuen thy brother a thousande peces of syluer, beholde, it shall be a couerynge of thyne eyes vnto all that are &wt; the &club; ∧ thus with all was she reproued.

And so Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech and his wyfe and his maydens, ∧ they bare chyldr&ebar;. For þe; Lorde had closed to, all the matryces of the house of Abymelech: because of Abrahams wyfe.

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