Genesis 26:9; Genesis 39:9; Genesis 44:8; Genesis 44:34

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Genesis 26:9

9 So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”
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Genesis 39:9

9 No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”
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Genesis 44:8

8 We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
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Genesis 44:34

34 How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.”
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