Quotes about Genesis
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
- Genesis 19:31
Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
- Genesis 19:36
The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
- Genesis 19:37
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
- Genesis 19:38
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- Genesis 20:1
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
- Genesis 20:2
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
- Genesis 20:4
Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.
- Genesis 20:8
Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
- Genesis 20:10
Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- Genesis 20:11
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
- Genesis 20:12
And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
- Genesis 20:16