Genesis 20:2

Genesis 20:2 in other translations

What does Genesis 20:2 mean?

Genesis 20:2 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Genesis 20:2

• Genesis 12:15

  The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

• Genesis 26:7

  And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

• Genesis 12:11-13

  And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

• Proverbs 24:16

  For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

• Genesis 20:12

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

• 2 Chronicles 19:2

  And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

• Ecclesiastes 7:20

  For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

• Genesis 26:16

  And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

• Genesis 26:1

  And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

• Colossians 3:9

  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

• Ephesians 4:25

  Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

• Galatians 2:11-12

  But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

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Context

• Genesis 20:1

  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

• Genesis 20:2

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

• Genesis 20:3

  But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

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