Search results
Genesis 19:34 (NIV)
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”
Genesis 19:35 (NIV)
So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
Genesis 19:36 (NIV)
So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
Genesis 19:37 (NIV)
The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab ; he is the father of the Moabites of today.
Genesis 19:38 (NIV)
The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi ; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
Genesis 20:1 (NIV)
Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,
Genesis 20:2 (NIV)
and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
Genesis 20:3 (NIV)
But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”
Genesis 20:4 (NIV)
Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?
Genesis 20:5 (NIV)
Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”
Genesis 20:6 (NIV)
Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
Genesis 20:7 (NIV)
Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”
Genesis 20:8 (NIV)
Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.
Genesis 20:9 (NIV)
Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”
Genesis 20:10 (NIV)
And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
Genesis 20:11 (NIV)
Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’
Genesis 20:12 (NIV)
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.
Genesis 20:13 (NIV)
And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”
Genesis 20:15 (NIV)
And Abimelek said, “My land is before you; live wherever you like.”
Genesis 20:16 (NIV)
To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.”
Genesis 20:17 (NIV)
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,
Genesis 20:18 (NIV)
for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
Genesis 21:1 (NIV)
Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.
Genesis 21:2 (NIV)
Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
Genesis 21:3 (NIV)
Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.