Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Genesis 20:2 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Genesis 20:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 20 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.”
Genesis 20:2 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sar... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Genesis 20:2
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“and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.”
“She is my sister, for he was afraid to say”
“when he had come near to enter Egypt”
“besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines”
“who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land”
“she is indeed my sister”
“I resisted him to his face”
“who does good and doesn't sin.”
“seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings”
“and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.”