Genesis 26:10
Abimelech 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.
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- Gen 12:18-19 : 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.
- Gen 20:9-9 : 9 Then 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. 10 And Abimelech saide vnto Abraham: what sawest thou that thou hast done this thyng?
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11And so Abimelech charged al his people, saying: He that toucheth this man or his wyfe, shall dye the death.
- Gen 20:2-1312 verses86%
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?
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.
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 26:6-94 verses85%
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.
8And after he had ben there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines loked out at a windowe, & sawe Isahac sportyng with Rebecca his wyfe.
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.
- Gen 21:25-262 verses79%
25And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a wel of water, which Abimeleches seruauntes had violently taken away.
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 12:18-192 verses78%
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.
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15And Abimelech sayde: beholde my lande lyeth before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee best.
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26Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzath his friende, and Phicol the captaine of his armie.
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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:
- Gen 20:17-182 verses73%
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.
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16And Abimelech sayde vnto Isahac: Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then we a great deale.
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29And Abimelech sayd vnto Abraham: what meane these seuen ewe lambes whiche thou hast set by them selues?
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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?