Deception

How Nave’s arranged it

• INSTANCES OF
• By SatanGenesis 3:4
• Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sisterGenesis 12:13Genesis 20:2
• Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sisterGenesis 26:7
• Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating EsauGenesis 27:6–23
• Jacob's sons, in entrapping the ShechemitesGenesis 34:13–31
• In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beastsGenesis 37:29–35
• Joseph, in his ruse with his brothersGenesis 42Genesis 43Genesis 44
• The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitatJoshua 9:3–15
• Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills himJudges 3:15–30
• Delilah deceives SamsonJudges 16:4–20
• David feigns madness1 Samuel 21:10–15

The passages, in Bible order (28)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 3:4

   “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 3:41 voice

   “Let us learn, therefore, that the temptations of the Devil are full of guile. Of the things that he promised, scarcely one of them seems to be true. He contrived falsehoods, as we can see if we read elsewhere: 'And the serpent said to the woman, you shall not die.' [ Gen 3:4 ] Here we have one falsehood, for man, who followed the promises of the serpent, is subject to death.

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2. Genesis 12:13

   Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 12:132 voices

   “There came a famine, and so he went to Egypt. He knew that in Egypt the dissipation of youth was widespread, characterized by lust, impudent desires and unrestrained passions. He understood that among such men the modesty of his wife would be defenseless and that her beauty would be a danger for him. So he told his wife to say that she was his sister. By this we are taught that it is not so much beauty that one should seek in a wife, for this often leads to the death of the husband.

   “Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister,....

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3. Genesis 20:2

   Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 20:21 voice

   I think, therefore, that Sarah, which means "princess" or "one who governs empires," represents aretē, which is the virtue of the soul. This virtue then is joined to and clings to a wise and faithful man, even as that wise man who said of wisdom, "I have desired to take her for my spouse." For this reason therefore God says to Abraham, "In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice."

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4. Genesis 26:7

   But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 26:71 voice

   “And the men of the place asked him of his wife,....

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5. Genesis 27:6–23

   Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 27:6–231 voice

   “And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,.... Who was in the tent with her, and for whom she had the strongest affection: saying, behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother; heard the conversation that passed between them, and particularly what Isaac had given in charge to Esau: saying, as follows:

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6. Genesis 34:13–31

   But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 34:13–311 voice

   “And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor deceitfully,....

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7. Genesis 37:29–35

   When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:29–351 voice

   “And Reuben returned unto the pit,.... It is very probable he had pretended to go somewhere on business, with an intention to take a circuit, and come to the pit and deliver his brother, and go home with him to his father. The Jews say (b) he departed from his brethren, and sat down on a certain mountain, that he might descend in the night and take Joseph out of the pit, and accordingly he came down in the night, and found him not.

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8. Genesis 42:1

   When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 42:11 voice

   And Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you idle? Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy food for us." This is not something Jacob said one time; he says it daily to his sons who come to Christ's grace too late, "Why are you idle? Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt." From this grain there comes the grain that rises again. And so whoever suffers famine ought to attribute it to his own laziness. "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt."

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9. Genesis 43:1

   Now the famine was still severe in the land.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 43:11 voice

   “And the famine was sore in the land. In the land of Canaan; it increased yet more and more: this is observed for the sake of what follows, showing the reason and necessity of Jacob's sons taking a second journey into Egypt.

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10. Genesis 44:1

    Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 44:11 voice

    “And he commanded the steward of his house,....

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11. Joshua 9:3–15

    But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

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12. Judges 3:15–30

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

    ›Commentary on Judges 3:15–301 voice

    “What did you mean by saying, two thousand fall at the side? Naturally, when the right hand is designated and the left is not, the side is named in place of the left hand. It would not be right, certainly, for the just man to have a left hand: "If someone strikes you on the right cheek," counsels the Lord, "turn to him the other also." Notice that he did not say, "the left also," for it is not the left cheek that is offered, but another right cheek.

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13. Judges 16:4–20

    Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

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14. 1 Samuel 21:10–15

    That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

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15. 2 Samuel 13:6–14

    So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

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    “So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick,....

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16. 2 Samuel 13:24–28

    And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

    ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:24–281 voice

    “And Absalom came to the king,.... At Jerusalem, to invite him in person: and said, behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; persons employed in shearing his sheep: and this being a time of entertainment and joy: let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants, go with thy servant; he invited the king and the whole royal family to go with him to Baalhazor, and partake of the sheepshearing feast; for by "his servants" are not meant the king's domestic servants, his guard and retinue, but his sons, as appears by what follows.

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