"Pleasesaythat you are my sistersothat it may gowellwith me becauseof you, and that I may liveon accountof you."
Abramand Nahortookwivesfor themselves. The nameof Abram'swifewas Sarai;and the nameof Nahor'swifewas Milcah,the daughterof Haran,the fatherof Milcahand Iscah.
It cameabout when Abramcameinto Egypt,the Egyptianssawthat the womanwas verybeautiful.
Abrahamsaidof Sarahhis wife,"She is my sister."So Abimelechkingof Gerarsentand tookSarah.
"Did he not himselfsayto me, 'She is my sister?And she herselfsaid,'He is my brother.'In the integrityof my heartand the innocenceof my handsI have donethis."
When the menof the placeaskedabout his wife,he said,"She is my sister,"for he was afraidto say,"my wife,"[thinking], "the menof the placemight killme on accountof Rebekah,for she is beautiful."
"Of whomwere you worriedand fearfulWhenyou lied,and did not rememberMe Norgive[Me] a thought?Was I not silenteven for a longtimeSo you do not fearMe?
Then Jeremiahsaidto Zedekiah,"Thussaysthe LORDGodof hosts,the Godof Israel,'Ifyou will indeedgoout to the officersof the kingof Babylon,then you will live,thiscitywill not be burnedwith fire,and you and your householdwill survive.
But Jeremiahsaid,"They will not giveyou over. Pleaseobeythe LORDin whatI am sayingto you, that it may gowellwith you and you may live.
"Behold,allsoulsare Mine; the soulof the fatheras well as the soulof the sonis Mine. The soulwho sinswill die.
"You are of [your] fatherthe devil,and you wantto dothe desiresof your father.He was a murdererfrom the beginning,and does not standin the truthbecausethere is notruthin him. Wheneverhe speaksa lie,he speaksfrom his own[nature], for he is a liarand the fatherof lies.
For the wagesof sinis death,but the free giftof Godis eternallifein ChristJesusour Lord.
For it is becauseof these thingsthat the wrathof Godwill comeupon the sonsof disobedience,
