Abimelech

Avraham was saying of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister"; so Avimelekh king of G'rar sent and took Sarah.

But God came to Avimelekh in a dream one night and said to him, "You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, since she is someone's wife."

Now Avimelekh had not come near her; so he said, "Lord, will you kill even an upright nation?

Avimelekh got up early in the morning, called all his servants and told them these things; and the men became very afraid.

Then Avimelekh called Avraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you to cause you to bring on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done things to me that are just not done."

Avimelekh went on, asking Avraham, "Whatever could have caused you to do such a thing?"

Avimelekh took sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Avraham; and he returned to him Sarah his wife.

Then Avimelekh said, "Look, my country lies before you; live where you like."

Avraham prayed to God, and God healed Avimelekh and his wife and slave-girls, so that they could have children.

For ADONAI had made every woman in Avimelekh's household infertile on account of Sarah Avraham's wife.

At that time Avimelekh and Pikhol the commander of his army spoke to Avraham. They said, "God is with you in everything you do.

Now Avraham had complained to Avimelekh about a well which Avimelekh's servants had seized.

Avimelekh answered, "I don't know who has done this. You didn't tell me, and I heard about it only today."

Avraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Avimelekh, and the two of them made a covenant.

Avimelekh asked Avraham, "What is the meaning of these seven female lambs you have put by themselves?"

When they made the covenant at Be'er-Sheva, Avimelekh departed with Pikhol the commander of his army and returned to the land of the P'lishtim.

A famine came over the land, not the same as the first famine, which had taken place when Avraham was alive. Yitz'chak went to G'rar, to Avimelekh king of the P'lishtim.

But one day, after he had lived there a long time, Avimelekh king of the P'lishtim happened to be looking out of a window when he spotted Yitz'chak caressing Rivkah his wife.

Avimelekh summoned Yitz'chak and said, "So she is your wife, after all! How come you said, 'She is my sister'?" Yitz'chak responded, "Because I thought, 'I could get killed because of her.'"

Avimelekh said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"

Then Avimelekh warned all the people: "Whoever touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death."

Avimelekh said to Yitz'chak, "You must go away from us, because you have become much more powerful than we are."

Then Avimelekh went to him from G'rar with his friend Achuzat and Pikhol the commander of his army.

a woman dropped an upper millstone on Avimelekh's head, cracking his skull.