Genesis 20:9

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Abimelech 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!”

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  • Gen 12:18 : 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?
  • Gen 26:10 : 10 Then 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 34:7 : 7 Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 Moses said to Aaron,“What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?”
  • Exod 32:35 : 35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf– the one Aaron made.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
  • Josh 7:25 : 25 Joshua said,“Why have you brought disaster on us? The LORD will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death.(They also stoned and burned the others.)
  • 1 Sam 26:18-19 : 18 He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done? 19 So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’
  • 2 Sam 12:5 : 5 Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan,“As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
  • 2 Sam 12:10-11 : 10 So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’ 11 This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight!
  • 2 Sam 13:12 : 12 But she said to him,“No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!
  • Prov 28:10 : 10 The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
  • Rom 2:11 : 11 For there is no partiality with God.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 20:10-11
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    91%

    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.’

  • Gen 26:9-11
    3 verses
    86%

    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 20:2-8
    7 verses
    82%

    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!”

    6Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.

    7But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you.”

    8Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

  • Gen 21:25-27
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    25But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

    26“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”

    27Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.

  • Gen 12:18
    78%

    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?

  • Gen 20:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    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 21:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham,“God is with you in all that you do.

    23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    75%

    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 21:29-30
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    75%

    29Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

    30He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”

  • Judg 9:56
    72%

    56God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.

  • Judg 9:48
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    48He and all his men went up on Mount Zalmon. He took an ax in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it on his shoulder and said to his men,“Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!”

  • Gen 26:26-27
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    71%

    26Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army.

    27Isaac asked them,“Why have you come to me? You hate me and sent me away from you.”

  • Judg 9:16
    70%

    16“Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, if you have properly repaid him–

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    70%

    9Obadiah said,“What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?