John 5:2Bible in Basic English

Genesis 12:11

Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

Genesis 14:6

And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste land.

Genesis 14:13

And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?

Genesis 19:9

And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.