Genesis 12:13

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Please say that you are my sister, so that it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared because of you."

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  • Gen 26:7 : 7 When the people of that place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," because he was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "The men of this place might kill me because of Rebekah, for she is beautiful."
  • Gen 20:2 : 2 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister,' and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 'Did he not say to me,
  • Gen 20:12-13 : 12 Besides, she really is my sister—the daughter of my father though not of my mother—and she became my wife. 13 And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is the kindness you can show to me: Everywhere we go, say about me, ‘He is my brother.’”
  • Gen 11:29 : 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
  • Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation. 4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 Whom did you dread and fear, that you have been untruthful, and have not remembered me or taken it to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
  • Jer 17:5-8 : 5 This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes. 7 Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. 8 They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.
  • Ezek 18:4 : 4 Behold, all lives are mine; the life of the father and the life of the son belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.
  • Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." 71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to those standing there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." 72 And again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man!" 73 A little while later, those standing there approached Peter and said, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away." 74 Then Peter began to call down curses and swore to them, "I do not know the man!" Immediately, a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • Rom 3:6-8 : 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7 If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim we say—"Let us do evil so that good may result"? Their condemnation is just.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Gal 2:12-13 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision group. 13 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.
  • Col 3:6 : 6 Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

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    10Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

    11As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

    12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me, but they will let you live.

  • Gen 20:11-13
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    11Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

    12Besides, she really is my sister—the daughter of my father though not of my mother—and she became my wife.

    13And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is the kindness you can show to me: Everywhere we go, say about me, ‘He is my brother.’”

  • Gen 12:16-19
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    16He treated Abram well because of her, and Abram acquired sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

    17But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?"

    19"Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go."

  • Gen 26:9-10
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    9So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "Surely, she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought I might be killed on account of her."

    10Then Abimelech said, "What have you done to us? One of the people could have easily slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."

  • Gen 12:14
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    14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.

  • Josh 2:12-13
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    12Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that you will show kindness to my family because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

    13that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will save us from death."

  • Gen 26:6-7
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    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

    7When the people of that place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," because he was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "The men of this place might kill me because of Rebekah, for she is beautiful."

  • Gen 20:5-7
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    5'Did he not say to me,

    6Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, so I also kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.'

    7Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you can be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.'

  • Gen 13:8
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    8So Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no conflict between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kin.

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

  • Gen 24:12
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    12Then he prayed, "Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show kindness to my master Abraham."

  • Gen 27:45
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    45When your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him, I will send for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?'

  • Gen 21:23
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    23Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me, my children, or my descendants. Show to me and the land where you have lived the same kindness I have shown to you.

  • Gen 17:18
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    18And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

  • Gen 12:2-3
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    2And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

    3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.

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    11I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown to your servant. With only my staff, I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

  • Gen 24:41
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    41'You will be released from my oath if you go to my family and they refuse to give her to you. Then you will be free from my oath.'

  • Gen 12:5
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    5Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all their possessions that they had acquired, and the people they had gained in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

  • Gen 24:14
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    14May it be that when I say to a young woman, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too,' let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

  • Gen 16:2
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    2So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice.