So when the Egyptians see you they’ll say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they’ll kill me; but you, they’ll let live.
Genesis 20:11 - Tree of Life Version Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘There is certainly no fear of God in this place, so they’ll kill me, because of my wife.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no reverence or fear of God at all in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife. American Standard Version (1901) And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. Common English Bible Abraham said, “I thought to myself, No one reveres God here and they will kill me to get my wife. Catholic Public Domain Version Abraham responded: "I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place; and they will kill me for the sake of my wife. |
So when the Egyptians see you they’ll say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they’ll kill me; but you, they’ll let live.
Abimelech also said to Abraham, “What motivated you to do this thing?”
And besides, she really is my sister. She’s my father’s daughter, though not my mother’s daughter. Then she became my wife.
Then He said, “Do not reach out your hand against the young man—do nothing to him at all. For now I know that you are one who fears God—you did not withhold your son, your only son, from Me.”
Now the men of the place asked about his wife. So he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “my wife”—“or else the men of the place would kill me on account of Rebekah, because she’s good looking.”
Then Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and you will live. I fear God.
The earlier governors, those preceding me, placed heavy burdens on the people, and took bread and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their attendants also lorded over the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Now that man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
And He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”’
“Will evildoers never understand— those who consume My people as they eat bread— and never call on Adonai?”
The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
By mercy and truth is iniquity atoned, and by the fear of Adonai one avoids evil.
then you will know the fear of Adonai and discover the knowledge of God.
To fear Adonai is to hate evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and a perverse mouth.