Joshua 2:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;

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  • 2 Sam 17:19-20 : 19 And a woman put a cover over the hole, and put crushed grain on top of it, and no one had any knowledge of it. 20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Kgs 6:19 : 19 And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.
  • Exod 1:19 : 19 And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.
  • 2 Sam 16:18-19 : 18 And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him. 19 And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

    2And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.

    3Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land.

  • Josh 2:5-9
    5 verses
    83%

    5And when it was the time for shutting the doors at dark, they went out; I have no idea where the men went: but if you go after them quickly, you will overtake them.

    6But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.

    7So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut.

    8And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof,

    9And said to them, It is clear to me that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has come on us;

  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    78%

    14And the men said to her, Our life for yours if you keep our business secret; and when the Lord has given us the land, we will keep faith and be kind to you.

    15Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.

    16And she said to them, Get away into the hill-country, or the men who have gone after you will overtake you; keep yourselves safe there for three days, till the searchers have come back, and then go on your way.

    17And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,

    18If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;

  • Josh 6:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath.

    23So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.

  • Josh 2:20-23
    4 verses
    75%

    20But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.

    21And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

    22And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.

    23Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.

  • Josh 6:25
    72%

    25But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.

  • Gen 38:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

    22So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

  • Gen 19:5
    70%

    5And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them.

  • 2 Sam 17:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19And a woman put a cover over the hole, and put crushed grain on top of it, and no one had any knowledge of it.

    20And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

  • Judg 19:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.

    23So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.

  • Gen 39:14
    69%

    14She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

  • Josh 6:17
    69%

    17And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

  • Jas 2:25
    69%

    25And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?

  • Judg 4:20
    69%

    20And he said to her, Take your place at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and says to you, Is there any man here, say, No.

  • Heb 11:31
    69%

    31By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.

  • 1 Kgs 3:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.

    18And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.

  • Gen 19:10
    68%

    10But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.

  • Judg 1:24
    68%

    24And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

  • Judg 19:26
    68%

    26Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.

  • Ruth 3:14
    68%

    14And she took her rest at his feet till the morning: and she got up before it was light enough for one to see another. And he said, Let it not come to anyone's knowledge that the woman came to the grain-floor.

  • Num 5:13
    68%

    13By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • Gen 19:8
    67%

    8See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

  • Ruth 3:16
    67%

    16And when she came back her mother-in-law said to her, How did it go with you, my daughter? And she gave her an account of all the man had done to her.

  • Gen 38:16
    67%

    16And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

  • Neh 2:16
    67%

    16And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.

  • Gen 24:28
    67%

    28So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house

  • Job 31:32
    67%

    32The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;

  • Josh 9:6
    66%

    6And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

  • Gen 19:2
    66%

    2And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.

  • 2 Sam 14:18
    66%

    18Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.

  • Josh 6:1
    66%

    1(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)