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.


In Context

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What has thou done to us? and in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds to me that ought not to be done.

10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

12 And 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.

13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show to me; At every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not 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 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.