Genesis 20:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² “And yet, she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

Common English Bible

¹² She is, truthfully, my sister—my father’s daughter but not my mother’s daughter—and she’s now my wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Yet, in another way, she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her as a wife.

Genesis 20:12 Cross References

Genesis 11:29

And Aḇ

Genesis 12:13

“Please say you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for your sake, and my life be spared because of you.”

Genesis 20:11

And Aḇ

Genesis 20:13

“And it came to be, when Elohim caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

Genesis 20:2

And Aḇ

Genesis 26:7

And when the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me for Riḇ

2 Samuel 13:13

“And I, where could I take my shame? And you – you would be like one of the fools in Yisra’ĕ

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Keep back from every form of wickedness.