Genesis 20:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Saide 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.

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  • Ps 7:8 : 8 God wyll iudge the people: geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse, and according to my perfection that is within me.
  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 And if thou wilt walke before me, as Dauid thy father walked, in purenes of heart and in righteousnes, to do all that I haue commaunded thee, and wilt kepe my statutes, and my lawes:
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beseche the, O Lorde, remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart, & haue done that whiche is good in thy sight. And Hezekia wept sore.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I wot also my God that thou tryest the heartes, and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse, & in the vnfaonednesse of myne heart I haue wyllingly offered al these thinges: And now haue I seene thy people which are founde here to offer vnto thee wyllyngly, and with gladnesse.
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me.
  • Josh 22:22 : 22 The Lorde God of gods, the Lorde God of gods knoweth, and also Israel shall knowe, yf it be to rebell or to transgresse against the Lorde, then thou Lorde saue vs not this day.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 Euen he that hath cleane handes, and a pure heart: & that hath not taken his soule in vayne, nor sworne disceiptfully.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integritie and vprighteous dealing kepe me safe: for I haue wayted after thee.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I haue wasshed my handes in innocencie: and so I haue gone about thine aulter O God.
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Truely I haue cleansed my heart in vayne: and wasshed my handes in innocencie.
  • Ps 78:72 : 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart: and guided them by the discretion of his handes.
  • Prov 11:3 : 3 The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction.
  • Prov 20:7 : 7 The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly, shalbe blessed after hym.
  • Dan 6:22 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lions mouthes, so that they might not hurt me, for myne vngiltinesse is founde out before him: and as for thee O king, I neuer offended thee.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye are witnesses, & God also howe holyly, and iustly, and vnblameably, we behaued our selues among you that beleue.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Beyng a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppressour: But yet I obtayned mercie, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeliefe.

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  • Gen 20:2-4
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    84%

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

    3But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, and saide to hym: See, thou art but a dead man for the womans sake whiche thou hast taken away, for she is a mans wyfe.

    4But Abimelech had not yet touched her: and he sayde, Lorde wylt thou slay ryghteous people?

  • Gen 20:6-13
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    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.

    7Nowe therefore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne, for he is a prophete, and he shall pray for thee, that thou mayest lyue: But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne, be sure that thou shalt dye the death, both thou and all that thou hast.

    8Therefore, Abimelech rysyng vp betimes in the mornyng, called all his seruauntes, and tolde all these sayinges in their eares: and the men were sore afrayde.

    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.

    13And 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.

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    79%

    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.

    11And so Abimelech charged al his people, saying: He that toucheth this man or his wyfe, shall dye the death.

  • Gen 21:26
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    26And Abimelech said, I wote not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neyther hearde I of it but this day.

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    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 12:13
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    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 21:22-24
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    73%

    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.

    24And Abraham saide, I will sweare.

  • Gen 26:6-7
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    6And Isahac dwelled in Gerar.

    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 20:15
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    15And Abimelech sayde: beholde my lande lyeth before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee best.

  • Gen 39:9
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    9There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God?

  • 2 Sam 13:12
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    12And she aunswered him: Nay my brother, do not force me, for there hath no such thing ben done in Israel: Do not thou this folly.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17And so Abraham prayed vnto God, & God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maydens, & they bare chyldren.

    18For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe.

  • Gen 22:16
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    16And sayd: by my selfe haue I sworne, sayeth the Lorde, because thou hast done this thyng, and hast not spared yea thyne onlye sonne,

  • Gen 21:30
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    30He aunswered: for these seuen ewe lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they may be a wytnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

  • Gen 18:15
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    15The Sara denied it, saying: I laughed not: for she was afrayde. And he sayde: it is not so, but thou laughedst.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so.

  • Judg 9:16
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    16Nowe therfore, if ye do truely and vncorruptly to make Abimelech kyng, and if ye haue dealte well with Ierobaal & his house, and haue done vnto hym according to the deseruing of his handes:

  • Gen 16:5
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    5And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: there is wrong done vnto me by thee: I haue geuen my mayde into thy bosome, whiche seyng that she hath conceaued, I am despised in her eyes, the Lorde be iudge betweene thee & me.