Genesis 20
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1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 20:1
2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:2
3But 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.
Genesis 20:3
4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Genesis 20:4
5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Genesis 20:5
6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Genesis 20:6
7Now 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.
Genesis 20:7
8Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
Genesis 20:8
9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
Genesis 20:9
10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Genesis 20:10
11And 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.
Genesis 20:11
12And 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.
Genesis 20:12
13And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
Genesis 20:13
14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 20:14
15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
Genesis 20:15
16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
Genesis 20:16
17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Genesis 20:17
18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
Genesis 20:18
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Cross References
Genesis 20:1
Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days...Genesis 26:6¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:2 Chronicles 14:13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethio...Psalms 29:8The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of...Genesis 18:1And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent do...
Genesis 20:2
Genesis 12:15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the w...Genesis 26:7And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: f...Genesis 12:11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unt...Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days...Genesis 26:16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Genesis 20:3
Matthew 27:19¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Hav...Genesis 20:7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray f...Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumb...Psalms 105:14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;Genesis 28:12And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reach...
Genesis 20:4
Genesis 18:23¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the...1 Chronicles 21:17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? e...Genesis 20:17¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his ma...2 Samuel 4:11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house up...Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LO...
Genesis 20:5
Psalms 7:8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness...1 Kings 9:4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of hea...Joshua 22:22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know...Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.1 Thessalonians 2:10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved...
Genesis 20:6
1 Samuel 25:34For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from...1 Samuel 25:26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the L...Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth...Genesis 35:5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round ab...Genesis 31:7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffer...
Genesis 20:7
Job 42:8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant...1 Samuel 7:5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the L...Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adult...2 Samuel 24:17And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and s...1 Chronicles 16:22Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Genesis 20:9
Genesis 12:18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? wh...Genesis 26:10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might...Genesis 39:9There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing...Genesis 34:7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were...Proverbs 28:10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself i...
Genesis 20:11
Proverbs 2:5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people...Genesis 26:7And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: f...Genesis 12:12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they sh...Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart fr...
Genesis 20:12
Genesis 20:13
Genesis 12:1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kind...Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.Acts 7:3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come i...Acts 5:9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Sp...1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Genesis 20:14
Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he ass...Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place...Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gera...Genesis 20:7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray f...Genesis 12:19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now...
Cross References
Genesis 20:1
Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days...Genesis 26:6¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:2 Chronicles 14:13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethio...Psalms 29:8The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of...Genesis 18:1And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent do...
Genesis 20:2
Genesis 12:15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the w...Genesis 26:7And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: f...Genesis 12:11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unt...Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days...Genesis 26:16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Genesis 20:3
Matthew 27:19¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Hav...Genesis 20:7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray f...Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumb...Psalms 105:14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;Genesis 28:12And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reach...
Genesis 20:4
Genesis 18:23¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the...1 Chronicles 21:17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? e...Genesis 20:17¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his ma...2 Samuel 4:11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house up...Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LO...
Genesis 20:5
Psalms 7:8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness...1 Kings 9:4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of hea...Joshua 22:22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know...Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.1 Thessalonians 2:10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved...
Genesis 20:6
1 Samuel 25:34For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from...1 Samuel 25:26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the L...Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth...Genesis 35:5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round ab...Genesis 31:7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffer...
Genesis 20:7
Job 42:8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant...1 Samuel 7:5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the L...Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adult...2 Samuel 24:17And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and s...1 Chronicles 16:22Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Genesis 20:9
Genesis 12:18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? wh...Genesis 26:10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might...Genesis 39:9There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing...Genesis 34:7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were...Proverbs 28:10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself i...
Genesis 20:11
Proverbs 2:5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people...Genesis 26:7And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: f...Genesis 12:12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they sh...Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart fr...
Genesis 20:12
Genesis 20:13
Genesis 12:1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kind...Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.Acts 7:3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come i...Acts 5:9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Sp...1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Genesis 20:14
Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he ass...Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place...Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gera...Genesis 20:7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray f...Genesis 12:19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now...