Genesis 20:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.

Cross References

Genesis 11:29

Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Genesis 12:13

Say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you and that my life may be spared on your account.”

Genesis 20:11

Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

Genesis 20:13

And when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, say of me, He is my brother.’ ”

Genesis 20:2

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” And King Abimelech of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Genesis 26:7

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say “my wife,” thinking, “or else the men of the place might kill me for the sake of Rebekah, because she is attractive in appearance.”

2 Samuel 13:13

As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the scoundrels in Israel. Now therefore, I beg you, speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.