Genesis 20:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 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.
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Better is open protest than love kept secret.
  • Gen 24:65 : 65 And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.
  • Gen 26:11 : 11 And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.
  • 1 Chr 21:3-6 : 3 And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel? 4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms. 6 But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him. 9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
  • Prov 25:12 : 12 Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 20:13-15
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    74%

    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.

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

  • Gen 23:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14 So Ephron said to Abraham,

    15 My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

    16 And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

  • Gen 16:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

    6 And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

  • Gen 24:53
    71%

    53 Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.

  • Gen 20:2
    71%

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

  • Gen 24:36
    70%

    36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

  • Gen 20:9-10
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    70%

    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?

  • Gen 17:15
    70%

    15 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

  • Gen 20:5
    69%

    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 26:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    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 12:16
    68%

    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.

  • Gen 20:17
    68%

    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.

  • Gen 12:19
    68%

    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 18:15
    68%

    15 Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

  • Gen 21:25
    68%

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

  • Gen 18:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

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

    10 And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

  • Gen 25:5
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    5 Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;

  • Gen 23:9
    67%

    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.

  • Gen 26:7
    67%

    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 24:66
    67%

    66 Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.

  • Gen 16:2
    67%

    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.