Genesis 20:12
What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 11:29 : 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- Gen 12:13 : 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.”
- 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Stay away from every form of evil.
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- Gen 12:18-203 verses83%
18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
19Why 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!”
20Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions.
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13When 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.”’”
- Gen 20:2-54 verses83%
2Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
3But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him,“You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”
4Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said,“Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?
5Did Abraham not say to me,‘She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”
- Gen 26:9-102 verses77%
9So 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.”
10Then Abimelech exclaimed,“What in the world have you done to us? One of the men nearly took your wife to bed, and you would have brought guilt on us!”
- Gen 12:11-144 verses77%
11As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.
12When the Egyptians see you they will say,‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.
13So 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.”
14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
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11Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
- Gen 24:36-383 verses74%
36My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.
37My master made me swear an oath. He said,‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’
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7When 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 24:3-42 verses73%
3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
4You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”
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20After these things Abraham was told,“Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor–
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11You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have sexual relations with her.
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24She said to him,“I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.
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12Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.
- Gen 16:1-22 verses72%
1The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
2So 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.
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29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- 2 Sam 13:11-122 verses71%
11As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her,“Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!”
12But she said to him,“No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!
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2Her father said,“I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!”
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15Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
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21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
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5Then 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!”
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8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”