Verse 19
Genesis 12:19
Young's Literal Translation
19
Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'
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
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And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessi...
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And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have...
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And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram [is] a son of...
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And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have g...
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And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaani...
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And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there a...
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And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (...
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And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
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And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the fami...
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and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, 'Lo,...
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and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, 'This [is] his wife,' and...
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say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath...
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And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that sh...
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and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh's h...
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and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-ser...
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And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife...
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And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, 'What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not de...
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Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife,...
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And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.
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