Genesis 20:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

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  • 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 12:15 : 15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,
  • Gen 12:11-13 : 11 As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman. 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.”
  • Gen 20:12 : 12 What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 Isaac and Abimelech There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
  • Gen 26:16 : 16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac,“Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”
  • 2 Chr 19:2 : 2 the prophet Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; he said to King Jehoshaphat,“Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the LORD? Because you have done this the LORD is angry with you!
  • 2 Chr 20:37 : 37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat,“Because you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD will shatter what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea.
  • 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.
  • Prov 24:16 : 16 Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.
  • Gal 2:11-12 : 11 Paul Rebukes Peter But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong. 12 Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 20:8-15
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    8Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

    9Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”

    10Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?”

    11Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

    12What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

    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.”’”

    14So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.

    15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”

  • Gen 20:3-5
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    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 12:18-20
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    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.

  • Gen 20:1
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    1Abraham and Abimelech Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    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!”

    11So Abimelech commanded all the people,“Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

    18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

  • Gen 17:15
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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.

  • Gen 26:6-7
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    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

    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 16:2-3
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    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.

    3So 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.

  • Gen 12:11
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    11As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

  • Gen 12:13
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    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.”