When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, ‘Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.
Genesis 24:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin #– #no man had been intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the girl was very beautiful and attractive, chaste and modest, and unmarried. And she went down to the well, filled her water jar, and came up. American Standard Version (1901) And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. Common English Bible The young woman was very beautiful, old enough to be married, and hadn’t known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her water jar, and came back up. Catholic Public Domain Version She was an exceedingly elegant girl, and a most beautiful virgin, and unknown by man. And she descended to the spring, and she filled her pitcher, and then was returning. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version An exceedingly comely maid, and a most beautiful virgin, and not known to man: and she went down to the spring, and filled her pitcher and was coming back. |
When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, ‘Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.
When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, ‘She is my sister,’ for he was afraid to say ‘my wife’, thinking, ‘The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.’
He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.
The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.’
I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. A sound! My love was knocking! Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with droplets of the night.