Genesis 20:12
“And yet indeed shee is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and shee became my wife.”
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Genesis 20:12 Context
10And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the feare of God is not in this place: and they will slay mee for my wiues sake. 12And yet indeed shee is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and shee became my wife. 13And it came to passe when God caused me to wander from my fathers house, that I said vnto her, This is thy kindnesse which thou shalt shew vnto me; at euery place whither wee shall come, say of me, He is my brother. 14And Abimelech tooke sheepe and oxen, and men-seruants, and women seruants, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
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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.
- King James Version
"Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:
- Basic English Bible
But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- World English Bible
and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and so she became my wife.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible