12Besides, she is indeed my sister, 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 have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!|

10 Abimelech said to Abraham, |What did you see, that you have done this thing?|

11 Abraham said, |Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'

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

13 It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, |He is my brother.|'|

14 Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored 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 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 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 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.