Genesis 20:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 20:12

10 Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?”

11 And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely ^athe fear of God is not in this place; and ^bthey will kill me on account of my wife.

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

13 And it came to pass, when ^aGod 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, ^bsay of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

14 Then Abimelech ^atook sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him.

15 And Abimelech said, “See, ^amy land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”

16 Then to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; ^aindeed this vindicates you ^bbefore all who are with you and before everybody.” Thus she was² rebuked.

17 So Abraham prayed ^ato God; and God ^bhealed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children;

Verse Comparison: Genesis 20:12

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

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

Contemporary English Version
Besides, she is my half sister. We have the same father, but different mothers.

Darby English Version
But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Good News Bible
She really is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not of my mother, and I married her.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

New International Version
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

New King James Version
But indeed she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Besides, actually I could consider her my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

Revised Standard Version
Besides she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Young's Literal Translation
and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

New English Translation
What’s more,¹ she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

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