Holy Scripture
Genesis 20:2
A church father on this verse
“I think, therefore, that Sarah, which means "princess" or "one who governs empires," represents aretē, which is the virtue of the soul. This virtue then is joined to and clings to a wise and faithful man, even as that wise man who said of wisdom, "I have desired to take her for my spouse." For this reason therefore Go…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2And Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
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In context
1And Abraham removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
— Genesis 20:2 —
3And God came to Abimelech by night in sleep, and said, Behold, thou diest for the woman, whom thou hast taken, whereas she has lived with a husband.
4But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou destroy an ignorantly sinning and just nation?