Genesis 20:13

Nowe when God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I said then to her, This is thy kindnes that thou shalt shewe vnto me in all places where we come, Say thou of me, He is my brother.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

12Yet in very deede she is my sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife.

14Then tooke Abimelech sheepe and beeues, and men seruants, and women seruants, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:9Againe Abram went forth going and iourneying toward the South.

1 Samuel 23:21Then Saul said, Be ye blessed of the Lord: for ye haue had compassion on mee.

Acts 5:9Then Peter sayde vnto her, Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? beholde, the feete of them which haue buried thine husband, are at the doore, and shall carie thee out.

Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 20:9-14

Abimelech's Conduct Towards Abraham. ( b. c. 1898.) 8 Therefore 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. 9 Then 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. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 11… Read the whole commentary →

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