Genesis 20:2

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

Cross References

Genesis 12:15

And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.

Genesis 20:12

Yet, in another way, she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her as a wife.

Genesis 21:22

At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: "God is with you in everything that you do.

Genesis 26:1

Then, when a famine arose over the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, in Gerar.

Genesis 26:16

It reached a point where Abimelech himself said to Isaac, "Move away from us, for you have become very much more powerful than we."

Genesis 26:7

And when he was questioned by the men of that place about his wife, he answered, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to confess her to be his mate, thinking that perhaps they would put him to death because of her beauty.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And the seer Jehu, the son of Hanani, met him, and said to him: "You offer assistance to the impious, and you are joined in friendship with those who hate the Lord. And for this reason, you certainly deserve the wrath of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 20:37

Then Eliezer, the son of Dodavahu, from Mareshah, prophesied to Jehoshaphat, saying: "Because you have made a pact with Ahaziah, the Lord has struck your works, and the ships have been broken, and they have not been able to go to Tarshish."

2 Chronicles 32:31

Yet still, concerning the legates from the leaders of Babylon, who had been sent to him so that they might inquire about the portent which had happened upon the earth, God permitted him to be tempted, so that everything might be made known which was in his heart.

Proverbs 24:16

For the just one will fall seven times, and he shall rise again. But the impious will fall into evil.

Proverbs 29:25

Whoever fears man will quickly fall. Whoever hopes in the Lord shall be lifted up.

Proverbs 6:29

So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Wisdom has strengthened the wise more than ten princes of a city.

Ephesians 4:25

Because of this, setting aside lying, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor. For we are all part of one another.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,