It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, *See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
Genesis 24:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, *See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, *She is my sister,* for he was afraid to say, *My wife,* lest, he thought, *the men of the place might kill me for Rivka, because she is beautiful to look at.*
Le'ah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
He left all that he had in Yosef's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Yosef was well-built and handsome.
The man knew Chavah his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Kayin, and said, *I have gotten a man with the LORD's help.*
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: *Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.*