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Genesis 20:2

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

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Genesis 20:2 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 12:15 (7 votes) and Genesis 26:7 (6 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 12 to Colossians 3.

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Which verses does Genesis 20:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Genesis 12:157 votes

    When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

  2. Genesis 26:76 votes

    But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

  3. Genesis 12:11–133 votes

    As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman, and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. …

  4. Genesis 20:122 votes

    Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.

  5. Genesis 26:12 votes

    Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

  6. Genesis 26:162 votes

    Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

  7. 2 Chronicles 19:22 votes

    Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

  8. 2 Chronicles 32:312 votes

    And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

  9. Proverbs 24:162 votes

    For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

  10. Ecclesiastes 7:202 votes

    Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

  11. Galatians 2:11–122 votes
  12. Ephesians 4:252 votes
  13. Colossians 3:92 votes
  14. 2 Chronicles 20:371 vote

Which verses point to Genesis 20:2?

The 10 strongest of 11.