Genesis 20:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 13:9 : 9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.
  • Gen 34:10 : 10 Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.
  • Gen 47:6 : 6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

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  • Gen 20:13-14
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    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.

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

  • Gen 20:7-11
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    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.

    8 So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

    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.

  • 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 20:1-5
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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.

    3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

    4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?

    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 21:29-30
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    29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

    30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

  • Gen 26:10-11
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    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.

    11 And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.

  • Gen 21:25-27
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    25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

    26 But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.

    27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.

  • 10 Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

  • Gen 20:16-18
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    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.

    17 Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

    18 For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • 9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

  • Gen 23:12-14
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    12 And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.

    13 And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to me, I will give you the price of the field; take it, and let me put my dead to rest there.

    14 So Ephron said to Abraham,

  • 5 And in answer the children of Heth said to Abraham,

  • 34 And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.

  • 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

  • 9 That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.

  • 4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • 17 Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.