Genesis 20:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

² Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She’s my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar took her into his household.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he said about his wife Sarah: "She is my sister." Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her.

Genesis 20:2 Cross References

Genesis 12:15

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 20:12

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

Genesis 21:22

And it came to pass at that time, that Abim´elech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

Genesis 26:1

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abim´elech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Genesis 26:16

And Abim´elech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

Genesis 26:7

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu the son of Hana´ni the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehosh´aphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

2 Chronicles 20:37

Then Eli-e´zer the son of Do´davah of Mare´shah prophesied against Jehosh´aphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahazi´ah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

2 Chronicles 32:31

Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Proverbs 24:16

for a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

Proverbs 6:29

So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;