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• General scriptures concerningJob 4:3–6Job 9:16–23Job 23:15–17Job 30:20Job 30:21Psalms 22:2Psalms 31:22Psalms 42:5Psalms 42:6Psalms 49:5Psalms 73:13–17Psalms 77:3Psalms 77:7–9Proverbs 24:10Isaiah 40:27Isaiah 40:28Isaiah 49:14Isaiah 49:15Isaiah 50:2Jeremiah 8:18
• EXEMPLIFIEDGenesis 12:12Genesis 12:13Genesis 15:8Genesis 18:12–14Genesis 19:30Genesis 20:2Genesis 20:11Genesis 26:7Exodus 3:11Exodus 4:1Exodus 4:10Exodus 4:13Exodus 5:22Exodus 5:23Exodus 6:12Exodus 14:10–12Exodus 14:15Numbers 11:21Numbers 11:22Judges 6:13
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The passages, in Bible order (82)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 12:12

   and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

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   “There came a famine, and so he went to Egypt. He knew that in Egypt the dissipation of youth was widespread, characterized by lust, impudent desires and unrestrained passions. He understood that among such men the modesty of his wife would be defenseless and that her beauty would be a danger for him. So he told his wife to say that she was his sister. By this we are taught that it is not so much beauty that one should seek in a wife, for this often leads to the death of the husband.

   “Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,....

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2. Genesis 12:13

   Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

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   “Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister,....

   “There came a famine, and so he went to Egypt. He knew that in Egypt the dissipation of youth was widespread, characterized by lust, impudent desires and unrestrained passions. He understood that among such men the modesty of his wife would be defenseless and that her beauty would be a danger for him. So he told his wife to say that she was his sister. By this we are taught that it is not so much beauty that one should seek in a wife, for this often leads to the death of the husband.

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3. Genesis 15:8

   But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

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   “But he said: Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it? Abraham is not to be thought to have failed in faith after he believed in God, and it was counted to him as righteousness, so as to say: Lord God, …

   “And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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4. Genesis 18:12–14

   So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

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   “(Verse 12.) But Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure? It is much differently read in Hebrew: And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I have withered, shall I have pleasure? Also note that where we have translated as pleasure, it is written as delight in Hebrew. Symmachus translated this passage as: After I have grown old, shall I have youth?

   “Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,....

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5. Genesis 19:30

   Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

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   “(Verse 30.) And Lot went up from Segor and settled in the mountain, and his two daughters with him. For he was afraid to stay in Segor. It is asked why, when he first preferred the mountain of Segor for his escape, and wanted to be saved in it as his dwelling, he now flees from Segor back to the mountain?

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6. 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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   I think, therefore, that Sarah, which means "princess" or "one who governs empires," represents aretē, which is the virtue of the soul. This virtue then is joined to and clings to a wise and faithful man, even as that wise man who said of wisdom, "I have desired to take her for my spouse." For this reason therefore God says to Abraham, "In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice."

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7. Genesis 20:11

   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.’

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   “And Abraham said,....

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8. Genesis 26:7

   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.”

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   “And the men of the place asked him of his wife,....

   “He said, She is my sister - It is very strange that in the same place, and in similar circumstances, Isaac should have denied his wife, precisely as his father had done before him! It is natural to ask, Did Abraham never mention this circumstance to his son? Probably be did not, as he was justly ashamed of his weakness on the occasion - the only blot in his character; the son, therefore, not being forewarned, was not armed against the temptation.

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9. Exodus 3:11

   But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

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   “Moses said, "Who am I to go before Pharaoh?" Although I have a royal title, I will not be received by him. And now that I do the work of a simple shepherd, who will allow me to go before Pharaoh? And even if I …

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10. Exodus 4:1

    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

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    “And Moses answered and said,.... In reference to what Jehovah had declared to him in the latter end of the preceding chapter: but, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice; this seems to contradict what God had said to him, Exo 3:18 that they would hearken to his voice; but it can hardly be thought, that so good a man, and so great a prophet as Moses was, would directly fly in the face of God, and expressly contradict what he had said.

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11. Exodus 4:10

    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

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    “Moses himself once said: "I am alogos"("wordless"). The Latin version uses a different expression, but we can translate the word alogos exactly as "without words and reason." After he said this, he received reason and speech, which he admitted that he did not have before. When the people of Israel were in Egypt, before they had received the law, they too were without words and reason and thus in a sense mute. Then they received the Word; Moses was the image of it.

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12. Exodus 4:13

    But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”

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    “And he said, O my Lord,.... Acknowledging his dominion, his sovereignty, his power to do the above things: or "on me, O Lord" (u), be the blame for making such objections; or on me let this work be devolved, since it is thy pleasure: send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

    “And he said - The reluctance of Moses is in accordance with the inner law of man’s spiritual development, and specially with his own character; but, under the circumstances, it indicated a weakness of faith.

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13. Exodus 5:22

    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?

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    “And Moses returned unto the Lord,....

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14. Exodus 5:23

    Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”

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    “For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name,....

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15. Exodus 6:12

    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”

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    “And Moses spake before the Lord,....

    “Uncircumcised lips? - The word ערל aral, which we translate uncircumcised, seems to signify any thing exuberant or superfluous. Had not Moses been remarkable for his excellent beauty, I should have thought the passage might be rendered protuberant lips; but as this sense cannot be admitted for the above reason, the word must refer to some natural impediment in his speech; and probably means a want of distinct and ready utterance, either occasioned by some defect in the organs of speech, or impaired knowledge of the Egyptian language after an absence of forty years. See Clarke’s note on Exo 4:10.

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16. Exodus 14:10–12

    As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

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    “And when Pharaoh drew nigh,....

    “The children of Israel cried out unto the Lord - Had their prayer been accompanied with faith, we should not have found them in the next verses murmuring against Moses, or rather against the Lord, through whose goodness they were now brought from under that bondage from which they had often cried for deliverance. Calmet thinks that the most pious and judicious cried unto God, while the unthinking and irreligious murmured against Moses.

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