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Genesis 20:13

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When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

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Genesis 20:13 in other translations

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 show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

Genesis 20:13 · American Standard Version

Genesis 20:13 in context

  1. 11Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’
  2. 12Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
  3. 13When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”
  4. 14Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
  5. 15Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.”