And Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “(A)She is my sister.” So (B)Abimelech king of Gerar sent men and took Sarah.

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and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.(A)” Then Abimelek(B) king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.(C)

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

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Did he himself not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she (A)herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In (B)the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my [a]hands I have done this.”

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  1. Genesis 20:5 Lit palms

Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,(A)’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience(B) and clean hands.(C)

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Said 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.

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12 Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife;

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12 Besides, she really is my sister,(A) the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

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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.

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When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “(A)She is my sister,” for he was (B)afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “[a]the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is (C)beautiful.”

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  1. Genesis 26:7 Lit lest...place

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,(A)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

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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.

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