19Why hast thou said, She is my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'


In Context

16 and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.

17 And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house — great plagues — for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.

18 And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, 'What is this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she is thy wife?

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.'

20 And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.

Genesis 12:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:19Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her,] and go thy way.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:19Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:19For 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:19why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:19Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take her, and go away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me for a wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:19Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:19Why said you, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.