Genesis 26:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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  • Gen 12:13 : 13 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.
  • Gen 20:2 : 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 ¶ The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
  • Gen 24:16 : 16 And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
  • Gen 20:12-13 : 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. 13 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.
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 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.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 ‹And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.›
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 26:8-11
    4 verses
    84%

    8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac [was] sporting with Rebekah his wife.

    9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

    10And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

    11And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Gen 26:6
    79%

    6¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

  • Gen 20:11-13
    3 verses
    76%

    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.

    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.

    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.

  • Gen 20:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

    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.

  • Gen 12:11-14
    4 verses
    74%

    11And 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:

    12Therefore 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.

    13Say, 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.

    14¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.

  • Gen 12:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?

    19Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.

  • Gen 27:45-46
    2 verses
    73%

    45Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget [that] which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

    46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

  • Gen 20:5
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 24:65-67
    3 verses
    72%

    65For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is] this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, It [is] my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

    66And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

    67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's [death].

  • Gen 24:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

    15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

    16And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

  • Gen 24:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29¶ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

    30And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

  • Gen 18:9
    70%

    9¶ And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

  • Gen 26:35
    69%

    35Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

  • Gen 24:51
    69%

    51Behold, Rebekah [is] before thee, take [her], and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

  • Gen 25:20
    69%

    20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

  • Gen 24:37
    69%

    37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: