Genesis 20:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 about his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, he said, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was beautiful to look upon.
  • Gen 12:15 : 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and praised 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 about to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive. 13 Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.
  • 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, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.
  • Gen 26:16 : 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for you are 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, Should you help the wicked and love those that hate the LORD? Therefore, wrath is upon you from before the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 20:37 : 37 But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works. So the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.
  • 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.
  • Prov 24:16 : 16 For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
  • Gal 2:11-12 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its deeds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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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 very afraid.

    9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what wrong have I done to you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that should not be done.

    10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see, that you have done this thing?

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

    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.

    13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, This is your kindness which you shall show unto me; at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

    14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and male servants, and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.

    15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: live where it pleases you.

  • Gen 20:3-5
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    3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

    4 But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?

    5 Did he not say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself, said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands have I done this.

  • Gen 12:18-20
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    18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

    19 Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.

    20 And 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 there toward the south country, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, certainly she is your wife: and how did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

    10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? one of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.

    11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17 So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants; and they bore children.

    18 For the LORD had 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 to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  • Gen 26:6-7
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    6 And Isaac lived in Gerar:

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

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

    3 And 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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    11 And it came to pass, when he was about to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon:

  • Gen 12:13
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    13 Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.