Genesis 20:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 20:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 20:12 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 20:12 — KJV
“And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.”
— Genesis 20:12 (KJV)
Genesis 20:12 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 20:12
“The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 20:12: sister, daughter, father
“The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 20:12: sister, daughter, father
“And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 20:12: sister, daughter, father
“And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 20:12: sister, daughter, mother
“These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 20:12: yet, daughter, father
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