So tell people that you are my sister. Then they will not kill me. They will think I am your brother, and they will be kind to me. In this way, you will save my life.”
Genesis 18:15 - Easy To Read Version But Sarah said, “I didn’t laugh!” (She said this because she was afraid.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh. American Standard Version (1901) Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Common English Bible Sarah lied and said, “I didn’t laugh,” because she was frightened. But he said, “No, you laughed.” Catholic Public Domain Version Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh." For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, "It is not so; for you did laugh." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh. For she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh: |
So tell people that you are my sister. Then they will not kill me. They will think I am your brother, and they will be kind to me. In this way, you will save my life.”
Is anything too hard for the Lord? No! I will come again in the spring when I said I would. And your wife Sarah will have a son.”
Then the men got up to leave. They looked toward Sodom {and began walking in that direction}. Abraham walked with them to send them on their way.
Job answered his wife, “You talk like a foolish woman! God gives us good things, and we accept them. So we should also accept trouble \{and not complain\}.” All these things happened. But Job did not sin. He did not speak against God.
Surely, God knows these things.\par He knows even our deepest secrets.\par
God, all day long we died for you!\par We were like sheep being led away\par to be killed.\par
If a person tells a lie, then those words are wasted quickly. But the truth will live forever.
A person that hides his sins will not be successful. But a person that confesses his sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.
Jesus knew that these teachers of the law were thinking those things about him. So Jesus said to them, “Why do you have these questions in your minds?
The girl at the gate said to Peter, “Are you also one of the followers of that man (Jesus)?”
Jesus did not need any person to tell him about people. Jesus knew what was in a person’s mind.
These things the law {\cf2\super [28]} says are for the people that are under the law. This stops all \{Jewish\} people from making excuses and brings the whole world (Jews and non-Jews) under God’s judgment.
Don’t lie to each other. Why? Because you have left your old sinful life and the things you did before.
If we say that we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us.