Genesis 20:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And after God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: this kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me, in all places where we come, that thou say of me, he is my brother.

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  • Gen 12:1 : 1 And the Lord had sayde vnto Abram: get thee out of thy coutrey, and out of thy nation, and from thy fathers house, vnto a lande that I wyll shewe thee:
  • Gen 12:9 : 9 And Abram toke his iourney, goyng and iourneying towarde the south.
  • Gen 12:11-20 : 11 And when he was come neare to enter into Egypt, he sayde vnto Sarai his wife: beholde, I knowe that thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon: 12 Therfore shall it come to passe, that when the Egyptians see thee, they shall say, she is his wyfe, and they wyll kyll me, but they wyll saue thee aliue: 13 Say I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, and that my soule may liue through thy occasion. 14 And so when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman, for she was very fayre. 15 The princes also of Pharao sawe her, and comended her before Pharao, and the woman was taken into Pharaos house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheepe and oxen, and he asses, menseruauntes, & maydeseruauntes, she asses and camelles. 17 But the Lorde plagued Pharao and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wyfe. 18 And Pharao callyng Abram, sayde: why hast thou done this vnto me? 19 Why diddest thou not tel me, that she was thy wyfe? why saydest thou, she is my sister? and so I might haue taken her to be my wyfe? Nowe therfore beholde, there is thy wyfe, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharao gaue his men commaundement concerning him: and they conuayed him foorth, and his wyfe, and all that he had.
  • 1 Sam 23:21 : 21 And Saul sayde: Blessed are ye in the Lord, for ye haue compassion on me:
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They courage them selues in mischiefe: and comune among them selues how they may lay snares, and say, who shall see them?
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the spirite of the Lorde? Beholde, the feete of the which haue buried thy husbande, are at the doore, and shall cary thee out.
  • Acts 7:3-5 : 3 And sayde vnto him: Get thee out of thy countrey, & fro thy kinrede, & come into the lande which I shall shew thee. 4 Then came he out of the lande of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, whe his father was dead, he brought hym into this lande wherin ye nowe dwell. 5 And he gaue hym none inheritaunce in it, no not the breadth of a foote: and promised that he woulde geue it to hym to possesse, and to his seede after hym, when as yet he had no chylde.
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go.

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  • Gen 20:9-12
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    83%

    9Then Abimelech called Abraham, & sayde vnto hym: What hast thou done vnto vs? & what haue I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me & on my kingdome so great a sinne? thou hast done deedes vnto me that ought not to be done.

    10And Abimelech saide vnto Abraham: what sawest thou that thou hast done this thyng?

    11Abraha aunswered: For I thought thus surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake.

    12Yet in very deede she is my sister, for she is ye daughter of my father, though she be not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wyfe.

  • Gen 20:5-6
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    82%

    5Saide not he vnto me, she is my sister? yea and she her selfe sayde, he is my brother: with a single heart, and innocent handes haue I done this.

    6And God sayde vnto him in a dreame: I wote well that thou dyddest it in the singlenesse of thy heart: I kept thee also that thou shuldest not sinne against me, and therefore suffred I thee not to touche her.

  • Gen 12:11-13
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    11And when he was come neare to enter into Egypt, he sayde vnto Sarai his wife: beholde, I knowe that thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon:

    12Therfore shall it come to passe, that when the Egyptians see thee, they shall say, she is his wyfe, and they wyll kyll me, but they wyll saue thee aliue:

    13Say I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, and that my soule may liue through thy occasion.

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    77%

    18And Pharao callyng Abram, sayde: why hast thou done this vnto me?

    19Why diddest thou not tel me, that she was thy wyfe? why saydest thou, she is my sister? and so I might haue taken her to be my wyfe? Nowe therfore beholde, there is thy wyfe, take her, and go thy way.

  • Gen 20:1-2
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    77%

    1And Abraham departed thence towarde the south countrey, & dwelled betweene Cades and Sur, and soiourned in Gerar.

    2And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe, she is my syster: And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent, and fet Sara away.

  • Gen 21:22-23
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    22And at the same season, Abimelech and Phicol his chiefe captayne spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

    23And nowe therefore, sweare vnto me euen here by God, that thou wylt not hurt me, nor my chyldren, nor my chyldrens children: but that thou shalt deale with me and the countrey where thou hast ben a straunger, accordyng vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed thee.

  • Gen 26:9-10
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    9And Abimelech called Isahac, and said: beholde, she is of a suretie thy wife, and why saydest thou, she is my sister? To whom Isahac aunswered: because I thought that I might peraduenture haue dyed for her sake.

    10Abimelech said: why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myght lyghtly haue lyne by thy wyfe, and so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.

  • Gen 20:14-16
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    14Then toke Abimelech sheepe and oxen, men seruauntes and women seruauntes, & gaue them vnto Abraham, and delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne.

    15And Abimelech sayde: beholde my lande lyeth before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee best.

    16But vnto Sara he saide: See I haue geuen thy brother a thousand peeces of syluer: beholde, it is as a coueryng of thyne eyes vnto all that are with thee, and to all other: and thus she was reproued.

  • Gen 24:27
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    27And sayde: blessed be the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche hath not left destitute my maister of his mercye and trueth: for when I was on my iourney, the Lorde brought me to my maisters brothers house.

  • Gen 24:7
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    7The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house, & from the land of my kinred, and which spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande: he shall sende his angell before thee, and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence.

  • Gen 24:40-41
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    73%

    40And he answered me: the Lord before whom I walke, wyll sende his angell with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kinred, and of my fathers house.

    41Then shalt thou be free from this othe made to me, when thou commest to my kinred: and yf they geue not thee one thou shalt be free from this othe made to me.

  • Josh 2:12
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    12Nowe therfore, I pray you sweare vnto me by the Lorde, that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye shall also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and geue me a true token:

  • Gen 26:7
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    7And the men of the place asked him of his wyfe. And he sayde, she is my sister: for he feared to say, she is my wyfe, lest the men of the place shoulde haue kylled hym, because of Rebecca, whiche was beautifull to the eye.

  • Gen 24:12
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    12And he saide: Lord God of my maister Abraham, I pray thee sende me good speede this day, and shewe mercy vnto my maister Abraham.

  • Gen 13:8
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    8Then sayde Abram vnto Lot: let there be no strife I pray thee betweene thee and me, and betweene my heardmen and thyne, for we be brethren.

  • Gen 24:4-5
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    4But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac.

    5But the seruaunt sayd vnto hym: peraduenture the woman wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lande, shall I bryng thy sonne againe vnto the land whiche thou cammest out of?

  • Gen 24:23
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    23And sayde: whose daughter art thou? tell me I pray thee: is there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in?

  • Gen 24:37-38
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    37And my maister made me sweare, saying: thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amongest the daughters of the Chanaanites, in whose lande I dwell:

    38But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

  • Gen 24:14
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    14Nowe let the damsel to whom I say, stoupe downe thy pitcher I pray thee, that I may drinke: If she say also, drinke, and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also: let the same be she that thou hast ordeyned for thy seruaunt Isahac, and thereby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my maister.

  • Gen 27:45
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    45And vntyll thy brothers wrath turne away from thee, & he forget the thinges which thou hast done to hym: then wyll I sende and fet thee away from thence: why should I be desolate of you both in one day?

  • Gen 26:3
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    3Soiourne in this lande, and I wyl be with thee, and wyll blesse thee: for vnto thee and vnto thy seede I wyll geue all these countreys, and I wyll perfourme the othe whiche I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

  • Gen 18:9
    72%

    9And they sayde vnto hym: where is Sara thy wife? He aunswered, behold, in the tent.