Genesis 20:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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  • Gen 26:7 : 7 And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.
  • Gen 12:15 : 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
  • Gen 12:11-13 : 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
  • Gen 20:12 : 12 And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 ¶ And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
  • Gen 26:16 : 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
  • 2 Chr 19:2 : 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 20:37 : 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
  • 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.
  • Prov 24:16 : 16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
  • Gal 2:11-12 : 11 ¶ But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

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  • Gen 20:8-15
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    8¶ Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

    9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

    10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

    11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

    12And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

    13And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This [is] thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He [is] my brother.

    14¶ And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

    15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  • Gen 20:3-5
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    3¶ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's wife.

    4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

    5Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

  • Gen 12:18-20
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    18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?

    19Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.

    20And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

  • Gen 20:1
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    1¶ And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

    10And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

    11And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare [children].

    18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 17:15
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    15¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].

  • Gen 26:6-7
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    6¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

    7And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.

  • Gen 16:2-3
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    2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

    3And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

  • Gen 12:11
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    11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon:

  • Gen 12:13
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    13Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.