Some of the Egyptian leaders saw her also. They told Pharaoh that she was a very beautiful woman. Those leaders took Sarai to Pharaoh’s home.
Genesis 20:7 - Easy To Read Version So give Abraham his wife again. Abraham is a prophet. [112] He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not give Sarah back to Abraham, then I promise that you will die. And all your family will die with you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So now restore to the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her [to him], know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Common English Bible Now return the man’s wife. He’s a prophet; he will pray for you so you may live. But if you don’t return her, know that you and everyone with you will die!” Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, return his wife to the man, for he is a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you are not willing to return her, know this: you shall die a death, you and all that is yours." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet. And he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine. |
Some of the Egyptian leaders saw her also. They told Pharaoh that she was a very beautiful woman. Those leaders took Sarai to Pharaoh’s home.
Pharaoh took Abram’s wife. So the Lord caused Pharaoh and all the people in his house to have very bad diseases.
But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree you will die!”
But one night, God spoke to Abimelech in a dream. God said, “You will die. That woman you took is married.”
So very early the next morning, Abimelech called all his servants and told them about the dream. The servants were scared.
“Sir, you are one of God’s great leaders among us. You can have the best place we have to bury your dead. You can have any of our burying places that you want. None of us will stop you from burying your wife there.”
David saw the angel that killed the people. David spoke to the Lord. David said, “I sinned! I did wrong! And these people only did what I told them—they only followed me like sheep. They did nothing wrong. Please let your punishment be against me and my father’s family.”
Then King Jeroboam said to the man of God, “Please pray to the Lord your God for me. Ask the Lord to heal my arm.”
Naaman became angry and left. He said, “I thought Elisha would at least come out and stand in front of me and call on the name of the Lord his God. I thought he would wave his hand over my body and heal the leprosy [45] !
The Lord told those kings,\par “Don’t hurt my chosen people.\par Don’t hurt my prophets.”\par
God does not love leaders\par more than other people.\par And God does not love rich people\par more that poor people.\par Why? Because God made every person.\par
So now Eliphaz, get seven bulls and seven rams. Take them to my servant Job. Kill them and offer them as a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer. Then I won’t give you the punishment that you deserve. You should be punished because you were very foolish. You didn’t say right things about me. But my servant Job said right things about me.”
The Lord tells his secrets to his followers.\par He teaches his Agreement {\cf2\super [153]} to them.\par
But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “This isn’t the right way to do this.
Aaron will also speak to the people for you. You will be like a great king, and he will be your official speaker. [34]
The Lord said to Moses, “I will be with you. You will be like a great king [52] to Pharaoh. And Aaron will be your official speaker. [53]
Then the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, don’t pray for good things to happen to the people of Judah.
The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel were here to pray for the people of Judah, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send the people of Judah away from me. Tell them to go.
If those men are prophets and have the message from the Lord, let them pray. Let them pray about the things that are still in the Lord’s temple. Let them pray about the things that are still in the king’s palace. And let them pray about the things that are still in Jerusalem. Let those prophets pray that all those things will not be taken away to Babylon.”
If I say, ‘This bad man will die!’ Then you must warn him! You must tell him to change his life and stop doing bad things. If you don’t warn that person, then he will die. He will die because he sinned. But I will also make you responsible for his death! Why? Because you did not go to him and save his life.
I might say to you, ‘This evil person will die.’ Then you must go warn that person for me. If you don’t warn that evil person and tell him to change his life, then that evil person will die because he sinned. But I will make you responsible for his death.
If a person does any of those things, then that person is guilty of sin. That person must bring back whatever he stole, or whatever he took by cheating, or whatever he took that {the other person asked him to hold for him}, or whatever he found and lied about, or
Then the priest will go to the Lord and {do the things that will} make that person pure [56] . And God will forgive that person for all the things that made him guilty.”
Simon answered, “Both of you pray for me to the Lord (God). Pray that the things you have said will not happen to me!”
The person that speaks in a \{different\} language is helping only himself. But the person that prophesies is helping the whole church.
In the past God spoke to our people through the prophets. {\cf2\super [1]} God spoke to them many times and in many different ways.
Marriage should be honored by all people. And every marriage should be kept pure between only two people. God will judge guilty those people who do sexual sins and adultery. {\cf2\super [172]}
These people always complain and find wrong \{in other people\}. They always do the \{evil\} things they want to do. They boast about themselves. The only reason they say good things about other people is to get what they want.
All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants. Don’t let us die! We have sinned many times. And now we have added to those sins—we have asked for a king.”
And as for me, I would never stop praying for you. If I stopped praying for you, then I would be sinning against the Lord. I will continue to teach you the right way to live a good life.
Samuel said, “All Israel must meet at Mizpah. I will pray to the Lord for you.”
The Israelites said to Samuel, “Don’t stop praying to the Lord our God for us! Ask the Lord to save us from the Philistines!”