Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 20:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her to wife. |
Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.’
Abraham replied, ‘I thought, “There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.”
So when God made me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me, “He’s my brother.” ’
Abraham said about his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
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.’
Where could I ever go with my humiliation? And you #– #you would be like one of the outrageous fools in Israel! Please, speak to the king, for he won’t keep me from you.’