Genesis 26:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

And 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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  • Gen 12:13 : 13 Say, 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 20:2 : 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.
  • Gen 24:16 : 16 (And the maide was very faire to looke vpon, a virgine and vnknowen of man) and she went downe to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.
  • Gen 20:12-13 : 12 Yet 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. 13 Nowe 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 20:5 : 5 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.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And feare yee not them which kill the bodie, but are nor able to kill the soule: but rather feare him, which is able to destroy both soule and bodie in hell.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, & gaue himselfe for it,
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes,

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  • Gen 26:8-11
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    8So after hee had bene there long time, Abimelech King of the Philistims looked out at a windowe, and loe, he sawe Izhak sporting with Rebekah his wife.

    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 26:6
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    6So Izhak dwelt in Gerar.

  • Gen 20:11-13
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    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 20:2-3
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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.

  • Gen 12:11-14
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    11And when he drewe neere to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, Beholde nowe, I know that thou art a faire woman to looke vpo:

    12Therefore it will come to passe, that when the Egyptians see thee, they will say, She is his wife: so will they kill me, but they will keepe thee aliue.

    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.

    14Nowe when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman: for she was very faire.

  • 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.

  • Gen 27:45-46
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    45And till thy brothers wrath turne away from thee, and hee forget the thinges, which thou hast done to him: then will I sende and take thee from thence: why shoulde I bee depriued of you both in one day?

    46Also Rebekah said to Izhak, I am weary of my life, for the daughters of Heth. If Iaakob take a wife of the daughters of Heth like these of the daughters of the lande, what auaileth it me to liue?

  • Gen 20:5
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    5Said 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.

  • Gen 24:65-67
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    65(For shee had sayde to the seruant, Who is yonder man, that commeth in the fielde to meete vs? and the seruant had said, It is my master) So she tooke a vaile, and couered her.

    66And the seruant tolde Izhak all things, that he had done.

    67Afterward Izhak brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he tooke Rebekah, and she was his wife, and he loued her: So Izhak was comforted after his mothers death.

  • Gen 24:14-16
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    14Graunt therefore that ye maide, to whom I say, Bowe downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke: if she say, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also: may be she that thou hast ordeined for thy seruant Izhak: and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed mercy on my master.

    15And nowe yer he had left speaking, beholde, Rebekah came out, the daughter of Bethuel, sonne of Milcah the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother, and her pitcher vpon her shoulder.

    16(And the maide was very faire to looke vpon, a virgine and vnknowen of man) and she went downe to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.

  • Gen 24:29-30
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    29Now Rebekah had a brother called Laban, and Laban ranne vnto the man to the well.

    30For when he had seene the earings and the bracelets in his sisters hands, and when he heard the wordes of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus said the man vnto me, then he went to the man, and loe, he stoode by the camels at the well.

  • Gen 18:9
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    9Then they saide to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he answered, Beholde, she is in the tent.

  • Gen 26:35
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    35And they were a griefe of minde to Izhak and to Rebekah.

  • Gen 24:51
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    51Beholde, Rebehak is before thee, take her and goe, that she may be thy masters sonnes wife, euen as the Lord hath said.

  • Gen 25:20
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    20And Izhak was fourtie yeere olde, when he tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramite of Padan Aram, and sister to Laban the Aramite.

  • Gen 24:37
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    37Now my master made me sweare, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: