Genesis 20

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NOVA VULGATA
1 Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cedes and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.	1 Profectus inde Abraham in terram Nageb, habitavit in ter Cades et Sur et peregrinatus est in Geraris.
2 And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Oerara sent, and took her.	2 Dixitque de Sara uxore sua: “Soror mea est”. Misit ergo Abimelech rex Gerarae et tulit eam.
3 And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.	3 Venit autem Deus ad Abimelech per somnium nocte et ait illi: “En morieris propter mulierem, quam tulisti; habet enim virum”.
4 Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said : Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that is ignorant and justl	4 Abimelech vero non tetigerat eam. Et ait: “Domine, num gentem etiam iustam interficies?
5 Did not he say to me : She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.	5 Nonne ipse dixit mihi: "Soror mea est", et ipsa quoque ait: "Frater meus est"? In simplicitate cordis mei et munditia manuum mearum feci hoc”.
6 And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her.	6 Dixitque ad eum Deus per somnium: “Et ego scio quod simplici corde feceris; et ideo custodivi te, ne peccares in me, et non dimisi, ut tangeres eam.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thins.	7 Nunc igitur redde viro suo uxorem, quia propheta est; et orabit pro te, et vives. Si autem nolueris reddere, scito quod morte morieris tu et omnia, quae tua sunt”.
8 And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid.	8 Statimque de nocte consurgens Abimelech vocavit omnes servos suos et locutus est universa verba haec in auribus eorum; timueruntque viri valde.
9 And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.	9 Vocavit autem Abimelech etiam Abraham et dixit ei: “Quid fecisti nobis? Quid peccavi in te, quia induxisti super me et super regnum meum peccatum grande? Quae non debuisti facere, fecisti mihi”.
10 And again he expostulated with him, and said, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?	10 Rursusque ait: “Quid vidisti, ut hoc faceres?”.
11 Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:	11 Respondit Abraham: “ Cogitavi mecum: Certe non est timor Dei in loco isto, et interficient me propter uxorem meam.
12 Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her to wife.	12 Alias autem et vere soror mea est, filia patris mei et non filia matris meae, et duxi eam in uxorem.
13 And after God brought me out of my father's house, I said to her: I Thou shalt do me this kindness: In every place, to which we shall come, thou shalt say that I am thy brother.	13 Cum autem vagari me faceret Deus de domo patris mei, dixi ad eam: Hanc misericordiam facies mecum: in omni loco, ad quem ingrediemur, dices quod frater tuus sim ”.
14 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara, his wife.	14 Tulit igitur Abimelech oves et boves et servos et ancillas et dedit Abraham; reddiditque illi Saram uxorem suam
15 dummy verses inserted by amos	15 et ait: “Ecce terra mea coram te; ubicumque tibi placuerit, habita”.
16 And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.	16 Sarae autem dixit: “Ecce mille argenteos dedi fratri tuo; ecce hoc erit tibi in velamen oculorum ad omnes, qui tecum sunt, et apud omnes iustificaberis”.
	17 Orante autem Abraham, sanavit Deus Abimelech et uxorem ancillasque eius et pepererunt;
18 And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:	18 concluserat enim Dominus omnem vulvam domus Abimelech propter Saram uxorem Abraham.