Genesis 20:11
And Abraham Answered. I thought that peradveture the feare of God was not in this place and that they shulde sley me for my wyfes sake:
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- Gen 12:12 : 12 It wyll come to passe therfore whe the Egiptians see the that they wyll say: she is his wyfe. And so shall they sley me and save the.
- Gen 26:7 : 7 And yt me of the place asked hi of his wife and he sayde yt she was his sister: for he feared to calle her his wife lest the me of the place shulde haue kylled hym for hir sake because she was bewtyfull to ye eye.
- Gen 42:18 : 18 And Ioseph sayde vnto the the thryd daye: This doo and lyue for I feare God
- Rom 3:18 : 18 There is no feare of God before their eyes.
- Gen 22:12 : 12 And he sayde: laye not thy handes apon the childe nether do any thinge at all vnto him for now I knowe that thou fearest God in yt thou hast not kepte thine only sonne fro me.
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- Gen 20:7-104 verses82%
7 Now therfore delyuer the ma his wyfe ageyne for he is a prophete. And let him praye for the that thou mayst lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalt dye the deth with all that thou hast.
8 Than Abimelech rose vp be tymes in the mornynge and called all his servauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore a frayde.
9 And Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him: What hast thou done vnto vs and what haue I offended the that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? thou hast done dedes vnto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech sayde morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou that moved the to do this thinge?
- Gen 20:1-55 verses79%
1 And Abraham departed thence towarde the southcontre and dwelled betwene Cades and Sur ad sogeorned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe that she was his sister. Than Abimelech kynge of Gerar sent and fett Sara awaye.
3 And God came to Abimelech by nyghte in a dreame and sayde to him: Se thou art but a deed man for the womas sake which thou hast taken awaye for she is a mans wyfe.
4 But Abimelech had not yet come nye her and therfore sayde: LORde wilt thou sley rightewes people?
5 sayde not he vnto me that she was hys sister? yee and sayde not she herself that he was hir brother? wyth a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this.
- Gen 26:9-113 verses79%
9 And Abimelech sende for Isaac and sayde: se she is of a suertie thi wife and why saydest thou yt she was thi sister? And Isaac saide vnto hi: I thoughte yt I mighte peradventure haue dyed for hir sake.
10 The fayde Abimelech: whi hast thou done this vnto vs? one of ye people myght lightely haue lyne by thy wife and so shuldest thou haue broughte synne vpon vs
11 Tha Abimelech charged all his people saynge: he yt toucheth this man or his wife shall surely dye for it.
- Gen 20:12-132 verses77%
12 yet in very dede she is my sister the doughter of my father but not of my mother: and became my wyfe.
13 And after God caused me to wandre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her: This kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come that thou saye of me how that I am thy brother.
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7 And yt me of the place asked hi of his wife and he sayde yt she was his sister: for he feared to calle her his wife lest the me of the place shulde haue kylled hym for hir sake because she was bewtyfull to ye eye.
- Gen 12:18-192 verses76%
18 Then Pharao called Abram and sayd: why hast thou thus dealt with me? Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy wyfe?
19 Why saydest thou that she was thy sister and causedest me to take hyr to my wyfe? But now loo there is the wife take hir ad be walkynge.
- Gen 12:11-133 verses75%
11 And when he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte he sayd vnto sarai his wife. Beholde I knowe that thou art a fayre woman to loke apo.
12 It wyll come to passe therfore whe the Egiptians see the that they wyll say: she is his wyfe. And so shall they sley me and save the.
13 saye I praye the therfore that thou art my sister that I maye fare the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake.
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15 And Abimelech sayde: beholde the lande lyeth be fore the dwell where it pleaseth ye best.
- Gen 21:22-265 verses74%
22 And it chaunced the same season that Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne spake vnto Abraham saynge: God is wyth the in all that thou doist.
23 Now therfore swere vnto me even here by God that thou wylt not hurt me nor my childern nor my childerns childern. But that thou shalt deale with me and the contre where thou art a straunger acordynge vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed the.
24 Then sayde Abraham: I wyll swere.
25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water which Abimelech servauntes had taken awaye.
26 And Abimelech answered I wyst not who dyd it: Also thou toldest me not nether herde I of it but this daye.
- Gen 20:17-182 verses74%
17 And so Abraham prayde vnto God and God healed Abimeleh and his wyfe and hys maydens so that they bare.
18 For the LORde had closed to all the matryces of the house of Abimelech because of Sara Abrahams wyfe.
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6 And Abraha sayde vnto him: bewarre of that that thou brige not my sonne thither.
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12 And he sayde: laye not thy handes apon the childe nether do any thinge at all vnto him for now I knowe that thou fearest God in yt thou hast not kepte thine only sonne fro me.
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15 Than Sara denyed it saynge: I laughed not for she was afrayde. But he sayde: yes thou laughtest.
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31 Iacob answered and sayde to Laba: because I was afrayed and thought that thou woldest haue take awaye thy doughters fro me.
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10 And Abraham stretched forth his hande and toke the knyfe to haue kylled his sonne.
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18 And Abraha sayde vnto God. O that Ismaell myghte lyve in thy syghte.
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13 Than sayd the LORde vnto Abraha: wherfore doth Sara laughe saynge: shal I of a suertie bere a childe now when I am olde?