◄ Genesis 12:19 ►
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Good News Translation
Why did you say that she was your sister, and let me take her as my wife? Here is your wife; take her and get out!"

New Revised Standard Version
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone.”

Contemporary English Version
Why did you make me believe she was your sister? Now I've married her. Take her and go! She's your wife."

New American Bible
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and leave!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Context
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
…18And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.20And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away and his wife, and all that he had.…
Cross References
Genesis 12:18
And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Genesis 12:20
And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away and his wife, and all that he had.

Genesis 12:18
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