Genesis 20:13

New International Reader's Version

God had me wander away from my father’s house. So I said to her, ‘Here is how you can show your love to me. Everywhere we go, say about me, “He’s my brother.” ’ ”

Cross References

Genesis 12:1

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s family. Go to the land I will show you.

Genesis 12:9

Then Abram left and continued south toward the Negev Desert.

Genesis 20:12

Besides, she really is my sister. She’s the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.

Genesis 20:5

Didn’t Abraham say to me, ‘She’s my sister’? And didn’t she also say, ‘He’s my brother’? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong.”

Psalm 64:5

They help one another make evil plans. They talk about hiding their traps. They say, “Who can see what we are doing?”

Acts 5:9

Peter asked her, “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! You can hear the steps of the men who buried your husband. They are at the door. They will carry you out also.”

Hebrews 11:8

Abraham had faith. So he obeyed God. God called him to go to a place he would later receive as his own. So he went. He did it even though he didn’t know where he was going.

1 Samuel 23:21

Saul replied, “May the Lord bless you because you were concerned about me.