Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.”

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18 So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

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He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and (A)sin against God?”

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The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and (A)very angry, because he (B)had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, (C)for such a thing must not be done.

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10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and (A)you would have brought guilt upon us.”

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(A)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge (B)the sexually immoral and adulterous.

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11 They must be silenced, since (A)they are upsetting whole families by teaching (B)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.

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11 For (A)God shows no partiality.

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10 Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way
    (A)will fall into his own pit,
    but the blameless (B)will have a goodly inheritance.

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12 She answered him, “No, my brother, do not violate[a] me, for (A)such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this (B)outrageous thing.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:12 Or humiliate; also verses 14, 22, 32

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11 Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

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Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, (A)“As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,

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18 And he said, (A)“Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands? 19 Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, (B)for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in (C)the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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25 And Joshua said, “Why did you (A)bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel (B)stoned him with stones. (C)They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.

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Punishments for Sexual Immorality

10 “If a (A)man commits adultery with the wife of[a] his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:10 Hebrew repeats if a man commits adultery with the wife of

35 Then the Lord sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.

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21 And Moses said to Aaron, (A)“What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?”

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24 About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law (A)has been immoral.[a] Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.”[b] And Judah said, “Bring her out, and (B)let her be burned.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:24 Or has committed prostitution
  2. Genesis 38:24 Or by prostitution

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