Genesis 12:19 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁹ 9 For 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Why 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Why 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 get away [from here]!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ why 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Why did you say, ‘She’s my sister,’ so that I made her my wife? Now, here’s your wife. Take her and go!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ For 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.

Genesis 12:19 Cross References

Genesis 12:18

8 And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife.

Genesis 12:20

0 And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Genesis 20:14

4 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara, his wife.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

4 A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.