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Genesis 12:19

World English Bible

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”

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Genesis 12:19 in other translations

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.

Genesis 12:19 · American Standard Version

Genesis 12:19 in context

  1. 17Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
  2. 18Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
  3. 19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”
  4. 20Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.