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Genesis 20:12

The English Standar Version

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

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And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake."

Abraham said, "I did it because I thought, There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

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.' "

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.

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




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