Genesis 20:12

Good News Translation

She really is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not of my mother, and I married her.

Cross References

Genesis 11:29

Abram married Sarai, and Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.

Genesis 12:13

Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well.”

Genesis 20:11

Abraham answered, “I thought that there would be no one here who has reverence for God and that they would kill me to get my wife.

Genesis 20:13

So when God sent me from my father's house into foreign lands, I said to her, ‘You can show how loyal you are to me by telling everyone that I am your brother.’”

Genesis 20:2

he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Genesis 26:7

When the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful.

2 Samuel 13:13

How could I ever hold up my head in public again? And you—you would be completely disgraced in Israel. Please, speak to the king, and I'm sure that he will give me to you.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22

and avoid every kind of evil.