Verse 19

Genesis 12:19

World English Bible, British Edition

19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

לָ/מָ֤ה אָמַ֨רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִ/י הִ֔וא וָ/אֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛/הּ לִ֖/י לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה וְ/עַתָּ֕ה הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּ/ךָ֖ קַ֥ח וָ/לֵֽךְ

English Translation

Why did you say, "She is my sister"? I took her for myself as a wife. Now here is your wife; take her and go.

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Chapter 12 Context

1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go... Focus ↗

2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing... Focus ↗

3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the familie... Focus ↗

4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he... Focus ↗

5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and... Focus ↗

6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites... Focus ↗

7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar th... Focus ↗

8 He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel o... Focus ↗

9 Abram travelled, still going on towards the South. Focus ↗

10 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the fam... Focus ↗

11 When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a bea... Focus ↗

12 It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me... Focus ↗

13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may l... Focus ↗

14 When Abram had come into Egypt, Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. Focus ↗

15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s h... Focus ↗

16 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female ser... Focus ↗

17 The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. Focus ↗

18 Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that s... Focus ↗

19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife,...

20 Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had. Focus ↗

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