So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, ‘What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
Genesis 12:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Why did you say, “She’s my sister,” so that I took her as my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go! ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, ‘What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
Then Pharaoh gave his men orders about him, and they sent him away with his wife and all he had.
Then Abimelech took flocks and herds and male and female slaves, gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him.
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.