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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And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Judges
History / SamuelThen shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
1 Chronicles
HistoryEgypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
Exodus
LawThat men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Judges
HistoryAnd it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Mark
GospelsAnd he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus
LawNow therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryCome on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Exodus
Law / MosesIn that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThese be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
Luke
Gospels / LukeI am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSaying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
Luke
GospelsThou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.