Genesis 20:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 12:1 : 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
  • Gen 12:9 : 9 And he went on, journeying still to the South.
  • Gen 12:11-20 : 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. 13 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. 14 And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair. 15 And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house. 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. 20 And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
  • 1 Sam 23:21 : 21 And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.
  • Acts 7:3-5 : 3 And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide. 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now: 5 And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 20:9-12
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    9 Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.

    10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

    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:

  • Gen 20:5-6
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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.

  • Gen 12:11-13
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    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.

    13 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.

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    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 20:1-2
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    1 And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

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

  • Gen 21:22-23
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    22 Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.

    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.

  • 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 20:14-16
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    14 Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah.

    15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

    16 And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.

  • Gen 24:27
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    27 And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

  • Gen 24:7
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    7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

  • Gen 24:40-41
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    40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

    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.

  • Josh 2:12
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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,

  • Gen 26:7
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    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 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 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 24:4-5
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    4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

    5 And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

  • Gen 24:23
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    23 And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?

  • Gen 24:37-38
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    37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • 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 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 26:3
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    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

  • Gen 18:9
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    9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.