Genesis 26:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And 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.

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  • Gen 12:13 : 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.
  • Gen 20:2 : 2 And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe, she is my syster: And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent, and fet Sara away.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 He that feareth men shall haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the Lorde, is without daunger.
  • Gen 24:16 : 16 The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon, and yet a mayde, and vnknowen of man: and she went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.
  • Gen 20:12-13 : 12 Yet 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. 13 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.
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 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.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And feare ye not them, which kyll the body, but are not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hym, which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it,
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Lye not one to another, seyng that ye haue put of ye olde man with his workes:

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  • Gen 26:8-11
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    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.

    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 26:6
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    6And Isahac dwelled in Gerar.

  • Gen 20:11-13
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    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 20:2-3
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    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.

  • Gen 12:11-14
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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.

    14And so when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman, for she was very fayre.

  • Gen 12:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    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 27:45-46
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    73%

    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?

    46And Rebecca spake to Isahac: I am weery of my lyfe for the daughters of Heth. Yf Iacob take a wyfe of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the lande, what good shall my lyfe do me?

  • Gen 20:5
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 24:65-67
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    72%

    65(For she said vnto the seruaunt: what man is this, that commeth walkyng against vs in the fielde? And the seruaunt sayd, it is my maister): therfore she toke her vayle and couered her.

    66And the seruaunt tolde Isahac all thinges that he had done.

    67And Isahac brought her into his mother Saraes tent, and toke Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loued her: and so Isahac receaued comfort after his mother.

  • Gen 24:14-16
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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.

    15And it came to passe yer he had lefte speakyng, beholde, Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bethuel, sonne to Milcha, the wyfe of Nachor Abrahams brother, and her pytcher vpon her shoulder:

    16The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon, and yet a mayde, and vnknowen of man: and she went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.

  • Gen 24:29-30
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    29And Rebecca had a brother called Laban: and he ranne out vnto the man, euen to the well.

    30For assoone as he had seene the earerynges, and the bracelettes in his sisters hande, and hearde the wordes of Rebecca his sister, saying, thus sayde the man vnto me: he went out vnto the man, and lo, he stoode with the Camelles by the well syde,

  • Gen 18:9
    70%

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

  • Gen 26:35
    69%

    35Which were disobedient vnto Isahac and Rebecca.

  • Gen 24:51
    69%

    51Beholde, Rebecca is before thee, take her, and go, that she may be thy maisters sonnes wife, euen as god hath sayde.

  • Gen 25:20
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    20And Isahac was fourtie yere olde when he toke Rebecca to wyfe, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, and sister to Laban the Syrian.

  • Gen 24:37
    69%

    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: