Genesis 20:11

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Abraham sayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, & they shall sleye me for my wifes sake,

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  • Gen 26:7 : 7 And whan the men of the same place axed him of his wife, he sayde: she is my sister. For he was afrayed to saye: she is my wife, (thinkinge thus:) they might slaye me for Rebeccas sake, for she was beutifull to loke vnto.
  • Gen 12:12 : 12 Now whan the Egipcians se the, they wil saye: She is his wife, and so shal they slaye me, and saue the alyue.
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 With louynge mercy & faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth ye LORDE eschueth euell.
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 Vpon the thirde daye he sayde vnto the: Yf ye wil lyue, the do thus, for I feare God:
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 For the olde Debytes that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had take of the bred and wyne, and fortye Sycles of syluer: Yee and their seruauntes had oppressed the people. But so dyd not I, and that because of the feare of God.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 In the lode of Hus there was a man called Iob: an innocent and vertuous man, soch one as feared God, and eschued euell.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.
  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Their mouth is full of cursinge and bytternes, their fete are swift to shed bloude. Destruccion & wretchednes are in their wayes, ad the waye of peace haue they not knowne: there is no feare off God before their eyes.
  • Ps 36:1-4 : 1 My hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly, that there is no feare of God before his eyes. 2 For he dyssembleth before his face, so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out. 3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate, he wil not be lerned to do good. 4 He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde, he will come in no good waye, ner refuse the thinge that is euell.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure.
  • Prov 2:5 : 5 The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 With me is the feare of the LORDE, and ye eschuynge of euell. As for pryde, disdayne, an euell waye, & a mouth that speaketh wicked thiges, I vtterly abhorre the.
  • Rom 3:18 : 18 There is no feare of God before their eyes.
  • Gen 22:12 : 12 He sayde: Laye not thy handes vpon the childe, & do nothinge vnto him: for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake.

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  • Gen 20:7-10
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    82%

    7Now therfore delyuer the man his wife ageyne, for he is a prophet: and let him pray for ye, and thou shalt lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne, be sure, that thou shalt dye the death, and all that is thine.

    8Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the mornynge, and called all his seruauntes, and tolde all these thinges in their eares, and the men were sore afrayed,

    9and Abimelech called Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs? And what haue I offended ye, that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? Thou hast not dealt with vs, as a man shulde deale.

    10And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou, yt thou hast done this thinge?

  • Gen 20:1-5
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    1As for Abraham, he departed thence, into the south countre, and dwelt betwixte Cades and Sur, and was a straunger at Gerar,

    2and sayde of Sara his wife: She is my sister. Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for her, and caused her be fett awaye.

    3But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, & sayde vnto him: Beholde, thou art but a deed man, for the womans sake which thou hast taken, for she is a mans wife.

    4Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her, and sayde: LORDE, wilt thou sley a righteous people?

    5Sayde not he vnto me: she is my sister? Yee and sayde not she her self also: he is my brother? With a pure hert & with innocent handes haue I done this.

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9Then Abimelech called Isaac, and sayde: Beholde, she is thy wyfe, why saydest thou then: She is my sister? Isaac answered him: I thought, I might peraduenture hahe died because of her.

    10Abimelech saide: Why hast thou then done this vnto vs? It coude lightly haue come to passe, that some of the people might haue lyen with thy wyfe, and so haddest thou brought synne vpo vs.

    11The Abimelech commaunded all the people, and sayde: Who so toucheth this man or his wyfe, shal dye the death.

  • Gen 20:12-13
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    77%

    12And of a trueth she is my sister, for she is my fathers doughter, but not my mothers doughter, and is become my wife.

    13So whan God charged me to wadre out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: Shew this kyndnes vpon me, that, where so euer we come, thou saye of me, that I am thy brother.

  • Gen 26:7
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    7And whan the men of the same place axed him of his wife, he sayde: she is my sister. For he was afrayed to saye: she is my wife, (thinkinge thus:) they might slaye me for Rebeccas sake, for she was beutifull to loke vnto.

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    18Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, and sayde: Why hast thou dealt thus wt me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first, yt she was thy wife?

    19Why saydest thou then, that she was yi sister? Wherfore I toke her to my wife. And now lo, there is yi wife, take her, and go thy waye.

  • Gen 12:11-13
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    75%

    11And whan he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte, he sayde vnto Sarai his wife: Beholde, I knowe yt thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon.

    12Now whan the Egipcians se the, they wil saye: She is his wife, and so shal they slaye me, and saue the alyue.

    13Therfore (I pray ye) saye thou art my sister, that I maye fare the better by reason of the, and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake.

  • Gen 20:15
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    15and sayde: Beholde, my londe stondeth open before the, dwell where it liketh the.

  • Gen 21:22-26
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    22At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham, and sayde: God is with the in all that thou doest.

    23Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner my childers children: but that thou shalt shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger) the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the.

    24Then sayde Abraham: I wyll sweare.

    25And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water, which Abimelechs seruauntes had taken awaye by violence.

    26Then answered Abimelech: I knewe not who dyd it, nether dyddest thou tell me, and I haue not herde of it but this daye.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17As for Abraham, he prayed vnto God: Then God healed Abimelech, and his wyfe, and his maydens, so that they bare childre.

    18For a fore the LORDE had closed all the matrices of Abimelechs house, because of Sara Abrahams wife.

  • Gen 24:6
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    6Abraham sayde vnto him: Beware of that, that thou brynge not my sonne thither agayne.

  • Gen 22:12
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    12He sayde: Laye not thy handes vpon the childe, & do nothinge vnto him: for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake.

  • Gen 18:15
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    15Then Sara denyed it, and sayde: I laughed not, for she was afrayed. But he sayde: It is not so, thou dyddest laughe.

  • Gen 31:31
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    31Iacob answered and sayde vnto Laban: I was afrayed, that thou shuldest haue taken away thy doughters fro me:

  • Gen 22:10
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    10and stretched out his hande, and toke the knyfe, to haue slayne his sonne.

  • Gen 17:18
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    18And Abraha sayde vnto God: O that Israel might lyue in thy sight.

  • Gen 18:13
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    13Then sayde ye LORDE vnto Abraham: Wherfore doth Sara laugh, and saye: Is this true in dede, that I shal beare, and yet am olde?