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Genesis 20:2

WEB

2Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

KJV

2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

BSB

2Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

FBV

2During his time there, when Abraham told people about his wife Sarah, he said, “She's my sister.” So Abimelech,[+] king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her to become one of his wives.

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Extra References

Genesis 12:15

15The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.


Genesis 26:7

7The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”


Genesis 12:11-13

11When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at. 12It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive. 13Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”


2 Chronicles 19:2

2Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath is on you from before the LORD.


Genesis 26:16

16Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”


Genesis 26:1

1There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.


2 Chronicles 32:31

31However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart.


Proverbs 24:16

16for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.


Galatians 2:11-12

11But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.


Genesis 20:12

12Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.