Genesis 20:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Said not he vnto me, She is my sister? yea, and she her selfe said, He is my brother: with an vpright minde, and innocent handes haue I done this.

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  • Ps 7:8 : 8 The Lorde shall iudge the people: Iudge thou me, O Lorde, according to my righteousnesse, and according to mine innocencie, that is in mee.
  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 And if thou wilt walke before mee (as Dauid thy father walked in purenesse of heart and in righteousnesse) to doe according to al that I haue commanded thee, and keepe my statutes, and my iudgements,
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beseech thee, O Lorde, remember nowe, howe I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfite heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I knowe also, my God, that thou tryest the heart, and hast pleasure in righteousnesse: I haue offred willingly in the vprightnesse of mine heart all these things: now also haue I seene thy people which are found here, to offer vnto thee willingly with ioy.
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.
  • Josh 22:22 : 22 The Lorde God of gods, the Lorde God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel himselfe shal know: if by rebellion, or by transgression against ye Lord we haue done it, saue thou vs not this day.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 Euen he that hath innocent handes, and a pure heart: which hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 Let mine vprightnes and equitie preserue me: for mine hope is in thee.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash mine handes in innocencie, O Lord, and compasse thine altar,
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands 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 hands.
  • Prov 11:3 : 3 The vprightnes of the iust shal guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.
  • Prov 20:7 : 7 He that walketh in his integritie, is iust: and blessed shall his children be after him.
  • Dan 6:22 : 22 My God hath sent his Angel and hath shut the lyons mouthes, that they haue not hurt mee: for my iustice was founde out before him: and vnto thee, O King, I haue done no hurt.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleeue.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 When before I was a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppresser: but I was receiued to mercie: for I did it ignorantly through vnbeliefe.

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  • Gen 20:2-4
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    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.

    3But God came to Abimelech in a dreame by night, and said to him, Beholde, thou art but dead, because of the woman, which thou hast taken: for she is a mans wife.

    4(Notwithstanding Abimelech had not yet come neere her) And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay euen the righteous nation?

  • Gen 20:6-13
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    6And God saide vnto him by a dreame, I knowe that thou diddest this euen with an vpright minde, and I kept thee also that thou shouldest not sinne against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touche her.

    7Now then deliuer the man his wife againe: for he is a Prophet, and he shall pray for thee that thou mayest liue: but if thou deliuer her not againe, be sure that thou shalt die the death, thou, and all that thou hast.

    8Then Abimelech rising vp early in ye morning, called all his seruants, and tolde all these things vnto them, and the men were sore afraid.

    9Afterward Abimelech called Abraham, and said vnto him, What hast thou done vnto vs? and what haue I offeded thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdome this great sinne? thou hast done things vnto me that ought not to be done.

    10So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?

    11Then Abraha answered, Because I thought thus, Surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wiues sake.

    12Yet in very deede she is my sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife.

    13Nowe when God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I said then to her, This is thy kindnes that thou shalt shewe vnto me in all places where we come, Say thou of me, He is my brother.

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9Then Abimelech called Izhak, and sayde, Loe, shee is of a suertie thy wife, and why saydest thou, She is my sister? To whom Izhak answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall dye for her.

    10Then Abimelech said, Why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people had almost lien by thy wife, so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.

    11Then Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or his wife, shal die the death.

  • Gen 21:26
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    26And Abimelech saide, I knowe not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neither heard I of it but this day.

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    18Then Pharaoh called Abram, and saide, Why hast thou done this vnto me? Wherefore diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?

    19Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Nowe therefore beholde thy wife, take her and goe thy way.

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    13Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, & that my life may be preserued by thee.

  • Gen 21:22-24
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    22And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

    23Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.

    24Then Abraham said, I will sweare.

  • Gen 26:6-7
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    6So Izhak dwelt in Gerar.

    7And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he sayd, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife, least, sayde he, the men of the place shoulde kill me, because of Rebekah: for she was beautifull to the eye.

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    15And Abimelech saide, Beholde, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

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    9There is no ma greater in this house then I: neither hath he kept any thing from me, but only thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickednes & so sinne against God?

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    12But shee answered him, Nay, my brother, doe not force me: for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: commit not this follie.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17Then Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women seruants: and they bare children.

    18For the Lorde had shut vp euery wombe of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.

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    16And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

  • Gen 21:30
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    30And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

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    7And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

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    16Now therefore, if ye doe truely and vncorruptly to make Abimelech King, and if ye haue delt well with Ierubbaal and with his house, and haue done vnto him according to the deseruing of his handes,

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    5Then Sarai saide to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth that she hath conceiued, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lorde iudge betweene me and thee.