Genesis 20:9-11

Easy-to-Read Version

⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “Why have you done this to us? What wrong did I do to you? Why did you lie and say that she was your sister? You brought great trouble to my kingdom. You should not have done this to me. ¹⁰ What were you afraid of? Why did you do this to me?”

¹¹ Then Abraham said, “I thought no one in this place respected God. I thought someone would kill me to get Sarah.