Genesis 12:11
As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 26:7 : 7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied,“She is my sister.” He was afraid to say,“She is my wife,” for he thought to himself,“The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”
- Gen 29:17 : 17 Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)
- Gen 39:6-7 : 6 So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking. 7 Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said,“Come to bed with me.”
- 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
- Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.
- Song 1:14 : 14 My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En Gedi.
- Gen 12:14 : 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
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- Gen 12:12-209 verses89%
12 When the Egyptians see you they will say,‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.
13 So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”
14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,
16 and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
19 Why did you say,‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
20 Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions.
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10 The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
- Gen 26:7-93 verses74%
7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied,“She is my sister.” He was afraid to say,“She is my wife,” for he thought to himself,“The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”
8 After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said,“She is really your wife! Why did you say,‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied,“Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”
- Gen 20:11-133 verses73%
11 Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
12 What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.
13 When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”
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2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
- Gen 16:1-66 verses73%
1 The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
2 So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.
3 So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.
4 He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram,“You have brought this wrong on me! I gave my servant into your embrace, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the LORD judge between you and me!”
6 Abram said to Sarai,“Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.
- Gen 18:9-113 verses73%
9 Then they asked him,“Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied,“There, in the tent.”
10 One of them said,“I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”(Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.
11 Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)
- Gen 12:5-62 verses72%
5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)
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15 Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
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7 Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said,“Come to bed with me.”
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1 Abram’s Solution to the Strife So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.
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16 Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever been physically intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.