Genesis 20:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ And Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no reverence or fear of God at all in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Abraham said, “I thought to myself, No one reveres God here and they will kill me to get my wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Abraham responded: "I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife.

Genesis 20:11 Cross References

Genesis 12:12

“And it shall be, when the Mitsrites see you, that they shall say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they shall kill me, but let you live.

Genesis 20:10

And Aḇ

Genesis 20:12

“And yet, she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.

Genesis 22:12

And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor touch him. For now I know that you fear Elohim, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

Genesis 26:7

And when the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me for Riḇ

Genesis 42:18

Now Yosĕ

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty sheqels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of Elohim.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uts, whose name was Iyoḇ

Job 28:28

And He said to man, ‘See, the fear of יהוה, that is wisdom, and to turn from evil is understanding.’ ”

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on יהוה ?

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of יהוה  is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 16:6

By kindness and truth crookedness is pardoned. And in the fear of יהוה  one turns away from evil.

Proverbs 2:5

Then you would understand the fear of יהוה, And find the knowledge of Elohim.

Proverbs 8:13

“The fear of יהוה  is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, And the evil way, And the perverse mouth.

Romans 3:18

“There is no fear of Elohim before their eyes.”