12Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.


In Context

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said, "What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done."

10 And Abimelech asked Abraham, "What was your reason for doing this?"

11 Abraham replied, "I said to myself, 'There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

13 And when God had me wander from my father's household, I said to her, 'This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother." ' "

14 Then Abimelech brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.

Genesis 20:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her to wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.