Genesis 20:16

American Standard Version (1901)

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and in respect of all thou art righted.

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  • Gen 20:5 : 5 Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
  • Gen 24:65 : 65 And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master: and she took her veil, and covered herself.
  • Gen 26:11 : 11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
  • 1 Chr 21:3-6 : 3 And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel? 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
  • Prov 25:12 : 12 [ As] an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [So is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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  • Gen 20:13-15
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    74%

    13and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

    14And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

    15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  • Gen 23:14-16
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    72%

    14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

    15My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

    16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

    6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

  • Gen 24:53
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    53And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

  • Gen 20:2
    71%

    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

  • Gen 24:36
    70%

    36And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

  • Gen 20:9-10
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    70%

    9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

    10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

  • Gen 17:15
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    15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  • Gen 20:5
    69%

    5Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.

  • Gen 26:9-10
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    69%

    9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

    10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

  • Gen 12:16
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    16And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

  • Gen 20:17
    68%

    17And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.

  • Gen 12:19
    68%

    19why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

  • Gen 18:15
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    15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

  • Gen 21:25
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    25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

  • Gen 18:9-10
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    9And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

    10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

  • Gen 25:5
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    5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

  • Gen 23:9
    67%

    9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.

  • Gen 26:7
    67%

    7and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, My wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

  • Gen 24:66
    67%

    66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

  • Gen 16:2
    67%

    2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.