Verse 14

He allowed no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;

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  • Gen 35:5 : 5 And they journeyed: and the fear of God was upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
  • Exod 7:16-17 : 16 And you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, you have not listened. 17 Thus says the LORD, By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
  • Gen 31:24-29 : 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched in Mount Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have stolen away secretly from me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with joy, and with songs, with tambourine, and with harp? 28 And have not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? You have now done foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 12:14-17 : 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very beautiful. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
  • Gen 20:1-7 : 1 And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation? 5 Did he not say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself, said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands have I done this. 6 And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; for I also kept you from sinning against me: therefore I did not let you touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that belong to you.
  • Gen 26:14-33 : 14 For he had possessors of flocks, and possessors of herds, and a great number of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed from there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and lived there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they quarreled with him. 21 And they dug another well, and quarreled over that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22 And he moved from there, and dug another well; and for that they quarreled not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from there to Beersheba. 24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants dug a well. 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, Why do you come to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you; 29 That you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD. 30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 And they arose early in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, We have found water. 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.