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Genesis Chapter 20

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Genesis

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In Genesis 20 Jacob is visited by his brother Esau who brings a ewe of the field as a bride for his wife Rachel. Jacob deceives Esau by sending his own servant to take the ewe, and Esau is fooled into believing it is his own daughter, leading to a tragic loss. The chapter highlights themes of deception, family rivalry, and the serious consequences of dishonest actions.

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(1) And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 20:46Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4

(2) And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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(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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Genesis 28:12Genesis 31:24Genesis 37:5Genesis 37:9Genesis 40:8Genesis 41:1Genesis 41:2Genesis 41:3Genesis 41:4Genesis 41:5Genesis 41:6Genesis 41:7

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Genesis 40:5Genesis 41:11

(4) But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
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Genesis 20:6Genesis 20:18Genesis 20:17Genesis 18:23Genesis 18:24Genesis 18:25Genesis 19:24II Samuel 4:11I Chronicles 21:17

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(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.
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Joshua 22:22I Kings 9:4II Kings 20:3I Chronicles 29:17Psalms 7:8Psalms 25:21Psalms 78:72Proverbs 11:3Proverbs 20:7II Corinthians 1:12I Thessalonians 2:10I Timothy 1:13

(6) And 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.
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Genesis 20:18Genesis 31:7Genesis 35:5Exodus 34:24I Samuel 25:26I Samuel 25:34Psalms 84:11Proverbs 21:1Hosea 2:6Hosea 2:7Genesis 39:9Leviticus 6:2

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I Samuel 15:19Isaiah 57:9Genesis 40:5

(7) Now 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.
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(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.
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(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.
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Genesis 12:18Genesis 26:10Exodus 32:21Exodus 32:35Joshua 7:25I Samuel 26:18I Samuel 26:19Proverbs 28:10Genesis 38:24Genesis 39:9Leviticus 20:10II Samuel 12:5

(10) And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
(11) And 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.
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Genesis 22:12Genesis 42:18Nehemiah 5:15Job 1:1Job 28:28Psalms 14:4Psalms 36:1Psalms 36:2Psalms 36:3Psalms 36:4Proverbs 1:7Proverbs 2:5

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Jeremiah 44:25

(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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Genesis 11:29Genesis 12:13I Thessalonians 5:22

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(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.
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Genesis 12:1Genesis 12:9Genesis 12:11Genesis 12:12Genesis 12:13Genesis 12:14Genesis 12:15Genesis 12:16Genesis 12:17Genesis 12:18Genesis 12:19Genesis 12:20

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Joshua 2:12Genesis 46:31II Samuel 9:7II Samuel 2:6II Samuel 10:2I Chronicles 19:2

(14) And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
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Genesis 20:11Genesis 12:16Genesis 20:2Genesis 20:7Genesis 12:19Genesis 12:20

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Genesis 21:27Exodus 22:1Genesis 20:2Genesis 12:16I Kings 4:23II Kings 5:26

(15) And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
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Genesis 13:9Genesis 34:10Genesis 47:6

(16) And 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.
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Genesis 20:5Proverbs 27:5Genesis 26:11Genesis 24:65I Chronicles 21:3I Chronicles 21:4I Chronicles 21:5I Chronicles 21:6Proverbs 9:8Proverbs 9:9Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 25:12

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II Kings 6:25Exodus 39:34Exodus 38:17Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(17) So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
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Genesis 20:7Genesis 29:31I Samuel 5:11I Samuel 5:12Ezra 6:10Job 42:9Job 42:10Proverbs 15:8Proverbs 15:29Isaiah 45:11Matthew 7:7Matthew 21:22

(18) For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
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Genesis 20:7Genesis 12:17Genesis 16:2Genesis 30:2I Samuel 1:6I Samuel 5:10

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