Genesis 12:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

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  • Gen 26:7 : 7 And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.
  • Gen 20:2 : 2 And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.
  • Gen 20:12-13 : 12 And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife: 13 And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.
  • Gen 11:29 : 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
  • Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end. 5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?
  • Jer 17:5-8 : 5 This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord. 6 For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land. 7 A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.
  • Ezek 18:4 : 4 See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.
  • Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean. 70 But he said before them all that it was false, saying, I have no knowledge of what you say. 71 And when he had gone out into the doorway, another saw him and says to those who were there, This man was with Jesus the Nazarene. 72 And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man. 73 And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you. 74 Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock. 75 And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
  • Rom 3:6-8 : 6 In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world? 7 But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner? 8 Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Gal 2:12-13 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.
  • Col 3:6 : 6 Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

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  • Gen 12:10-12
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    10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

    11 Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

    12 And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

  • Gen 20:11-13
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    11 And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

    12 And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

    13 And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.

  • Gen 12:16-19
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    16 And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

    17 And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

    18 Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

    19 Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

  • Gen 26:9-10
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    9 And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

    10 Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.

  • Gen 12:14
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    14 And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.

  • Josh 2:12-13
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    12 So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,

    13 And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us?

  • Gen 26:6-7
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    6 So Isaac went on living in Gerar;

    7 And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.

  • Gen 20:5-7
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    5 Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

    6 And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

    7 So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.

  • Gen 13:8
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    8 Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

  • Gen 20:2
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    2 And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

  • Gen 24:12
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    12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 27:45
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    45 Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

  • Gen 21:23
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    23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

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    18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

  • Gen 12:2-3
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    2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

    3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

  • Gen 32:11
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    11 Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

  • Gen 24:41
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    41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • Gen 12:5
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    5 And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 24:14
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    14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 16:2
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    2 And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.