Genesis

Starts with the creation of the world and tells stories of the first people and big floods. It also talks about Abraham's family and their journeys.

Chapter 26

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KJV - Genesis 26:9

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Abimelech asked Isaac why he called his wife his sister. Isaac explained that he said it to protect her, so they wouldn't kill him because of her.

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