26 occurrences in 13 translations

'Sister' in the Bible

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of Deceitdoubt, results ofNot DyingMisrepresentationsisterhood

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationReinstating PeopleTransferring WivesRelationship Troubles

And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of SexFirstborn DaughtersNo One AvailableUnpremeditatedFather And Daughter Relationships

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationPlea Of Innocence

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryNamed Sisters

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Verse ConceptsBenedictionsBlessedA Million And MoreCapturing GatesPeople OvercomingPeople Who Blessed OthersChildren Being A Blessing

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsNamed Sisters

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

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.

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?Transferring Wives

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyNamed Sisters

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingArmsKissingIndividuals RunningNamed Sisters

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenJealousyPolygamySistersSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnger Of Man, CausePossibility Of DeathThose Jealous Of People

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

But Hamor conferred with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem [deeply] longs for your daughter [and sister]. Please give her to him as his wife.

Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who LovedGiving In Marriagehumor

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Verse ConceptsRapePeople Being PollutedNamed SistersThose Who Deceivedhumor

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

Verse ConceptsForeskinsUncircumcisionImpossible For PeopleNamed SistersUnable To Do Other Things

But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart."

Verse ConceptsSetting Out

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Verse ConceptsRapePeople Being PollutedNamed Sisters

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelNamed Sisters

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