Genesis 12:19

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

Bible in Basic English ☆

Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away.

Darby Translation ☆

Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take [her], and go away.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Nowe therefore beholde thy wife, take her and goe thy way.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? and so I took her to me for a wife; now, therefore, behold, here is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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.'

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Therefore did you say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly away.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Therefore did you say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly away.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

Webster Bible ☆

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me for a wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

Why did you say, “She is my sister,” so that I took her to be my wife? Here she is, take her and go.’

Open English Bible (US) ☆

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Here she is, take her and go.”

Revised Version ☆

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.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

Why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I would have taken her to me to wife? And now, behold thy wife: take, and go.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away.

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.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

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.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

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.”

World Messianic 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.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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.”

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

for what cause seidist thou, that sche was thi sister, that Y schulde take hir in to wife to me? Now therfor lo! thi wiif; take thou hir, and go.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Why saidst thou, She is my achot? So I might have taken her to me to wife; now therefore, hinei, thy wife, take her, and go!

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِمَاذَا قُلْتَ: هِيَ أُخْتِي، حَتَّى أَخَذْتُهَا لِي لِتَكُونَ زَوْجَتِي؟ وَٱلْآنَ هُوَذَا ٱمْرَأَتُكَ! خُذْهَا وَٱذْهَبْ!».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သူ့​ကို​ငါ​၏​မယား​အ​ဖြစ်​သိမ်း​ပိုက်​စေ​ရန် သူ သည်​သင်​၏​နှ​မ​ဖြစ်​သည်​ဟု​အ​ဘယ်​ကြောင့် သင်​ဆို​သ​နည်း။ ယ​ခု​ပင်​သင်​၏​မ​ယား​ကို ခေါ်​၍​ထွက်​သွား​လော့'' ဟု​အ​မိန့်​ပေး​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ငါ သည် သူ့ ကို သိမ်းပိုက် စေ ခြင်းငှါ၊ သူ သည် ငါ့ နှမ ဖြစ်သည်ဟု အဘယ်ကြောင့် ဆို သနည်း။ သင် ၏ မယား ကို ယခု ယူ ၍ သွား လော့ဟု အမိန့် ရှိ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Tikhoe anih loe ka tanuh ni, tiah nang thuih moe, ka zu ah nang laksak loe? To pongah vaihi na zu hae lah loe, caeh lai ah, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Balae tih, anih he ka ngannu na ti. Te dongah ni anih he ka yuu la kamah taengah ka loh. Tedae na yuu he lo lamtah cet laeh,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Balae tih, anih he ka ngannu na ti. Te dongah ni anih he ka yuu la kamah taengah ka loh. Tedae na yuu he lo lamtah cet laeh,” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

为什么说她是你的妹子，以致我把她取来要作我的妻子？现在你的妻子在这里，可以带她走吧。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

為甚麼說她是你的妹子，以致我把她取來要作我的妻子？現在你的妻子在這裏，可以帶她走吧。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

为什么说‘她是我的妹妹’，以致我把她娶来作我的妻子？现在，看哪，你的妻子在这里，带她走吧！”

Croatian Bible ☆

Zašto si rekao: 'Ona mi je sestra', pa je ja uzeh sebi za ženu? A sad, evo ti žene; uzmi je i hajde!”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Proč jsi řekl: Sestra má jest? A vzal jsem ji sobě za ženu. Protož nyní, teď máš manželku svou, vezmi a jdi.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Hvorfor sagde du, at hun var din Søster, så at jeg tog hende til Hustru? Se, her har du nu din Hustru, tag hende og gå bort!”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Waarom hebt gij gezegd: Zij is mijn zuster; zodat ik haar mij tot een vrouw zoude genomen hebben? en nu, zie, daar is uw huisvrouw; neem haar en ga henen!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Waarom hebt ge gezegd: het is mijn zuster; zodat ik ze mij tot vrouw heb genomen. Daar hebt ge uw vrouw terug; neem haar mee en vertrek.

Esperanto Bible ☆

kial vi diris: Ŝi estas mia fratino? Kaj mi prenis ŝin al mi kiel edzinon. Kaj nun jen estas via edzino; prenu kaj foriru.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Pourquoi as-tu dit : Elle est ma sœur, de sorte que je l’ai prise pour ma femme ; et maintenant, voici ta femme : prends-la, et va-t’en.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Pourquoi as-tu dit: C'est ma sœur; en sorte que je l'ai prise pour femme? Maintenant, voici ta femme, prends-la et va-t'en.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Pourquoi as-tu dit: C’est ma sœur? Aussi l’ai-je prise pour ma femme. Maintenant, voici ta femme, prends-la, et va-t’en!

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Pourquoi as-tu dit : ‹ Elle est ma sœur ›, de sorte que je l'ai prise pour femme ? Maintenant donc, voici ta femme, prends-la et va-t'en. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Warum hast du gesagt: Sie ist meine Schwester, so daß ich sie mir zum Weibe nahm? Und nun siehe, da ist dein Weib, nimm sie und gehe hin.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Warum sprachst du denn, sie wäre deine Schwester? Derhalben ich sie mir zum Weibe nehmen wollte. Und nun siehe, da hast du dein Weib; nimm sie und ziehe hin.

German Textbibel ☆

Warum hast du behauptet: sie ist meine Schwester, so daß ich sie mir zum Weibe nahm? nun aber - hier hast du dein Weib; nimm sie und geh!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Warum hast du gesagt, sie sei deine Schwester, so daß ich sie mir zum Weibe nehmen wollte? Und nun siehe, da ist dein Weib; nimm sie und geh!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἱνατί εἶπας ὅτι ἀδελφή μου ἐστί; καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὴν ἐμαυτῷ γυναῖκα, καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἡ γυνή σου ἔναντί σου· λαβὼν ἀπότρεχε.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἱνατί εἶπας ὅτι ἀδελφή μου ἐστίν; καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὴν ἐμαυτῷ γυναῖκα· καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἡ γυνή σου ἔναντί σου, λαβὼν ἀπότρεχε.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Poukisa ou te di m' se sè ou li ye? Mwen pa ta janm pran l' pou madanm mwen. Monchè, men madanm ou. Pran l', al fè wout ou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ke aha la oe i olelo mai ai, O ko'u kaikuwahine ia, i mea e lawe ai au ia ia i wahine na'u? Eia hoi kau wahine, e lawe oe ia ia, a e hele aku.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ לִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַתָּ֕ה הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ קַ֥ח וָלֵֽךְ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

למה אמרת אחתי הוא ואקח אתה לי לאשה ועתה הנה אשתך קח ולך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perchè dicesti: Ell'è mia sorella? onde io me l'avea presa per moglie; ora dunque, eccoti la tua moglie, prendila, e vattene.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E’ mia sorella? ond’io me la son presa per moglie. Or dunque eccoti la tua moglie; prenditela e vattene!”

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

なぜあなたは『彼女は私の妹です』と言ったのか。そのために、私は彼女を妻として迎えてしまった。さあ今、あなたの妻を連れて行け。立ち去れ。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

네가 어찌 그를 누이라 하여 나로 그를 취하여 아내를 삼게 하였느냐 ? 네 아내가 여기 있으니 이제 데려 가라' 하고

Kosraean Bible ☆

Efu ku kom fahk mu ma wiom pa el, oru nga usalla kiuk? Pa ingan mutan kiom ah. Usal ac tiok likiyu!”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

quam ob causam dixisti esse sororem tuam, ut tollerem eam mihi in uxorem? Nunc igitur ecce conjux tua, accipe eam, et vade.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

چرا گفتی: اوخواهر منست، که او را به زنی گرفتم؟ و الان، اینک زوجه تو. او را برداشته، روانه شو!»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Por que você disse: ‘Ela é minha irmã’, de modo que eu a tomei para ser minha mulher? Agora, portanto, eis a sua mulher; tome-a e siga o seu caminho.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Por que disseste: “É minha irmã”, pondo-me em risco de tomá-la para mim por mulher? Agora, pois, eis aqui tua mulher, toma-a e vai-te.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

De ce ai spus: Ea este sora mea; astfel că aproape am luat-o de soţie? De aceea acum, iat-o pe soţia ta, ia-o şi pleacă.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Де че ай зис: ‘Есте сора мя’, ши ам луат-о астфел де невастэ? Акум, ятэ-ць неваста; я-о ши плякэ!”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

для чего ты сказал: она сестра моя? и я взял было ее себе в жену. И теперь вот жена твоя; возьми ее и пойди.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Zašto si kazao: Sestra mi je? Te je uzeh za ženu. Sad eto ti žene, uzmi je, pa idi.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Зашто си казао: Сестра ми је? Те је узех за жену. Сад ето ти жене, узми је, па иди.

Mashi Bible ☆

Carhumaga oderha, erhi: «Ali mwâli wîrhu, n’aho nalinda mmuyanka? Buno buno alaga mukâwe, rhôla ye wenaye ontengere kuno».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

¿Por qué dijiste: Es mi hermana? poniéndome en ocasión de tomarla para mí por mujer? Ahora pues, he aquí tu mujer, tómala y vete.

Spanish BLL ☆

¿Por qué dijiste: ‘Es mi hermana’? ¡Yo pude haberla tomado por esposa! ¡Aquí tienes a tu mujer; tómala y vete!”

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

¿Por qué dijiste: ‘Es mi hermana’, dándome ocasión para tomarla para mí por mujer? Ahora, pues, he aquí tu mujer; tómala, y vete”.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

¿Por qué dijiste que ella era tu hermana? para que la tomara por mi esposa: ahora, toma a tu esposa y continúa tu camino.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

¿Por qué dijiste: Es mi hermana? Pues yo la tomé para mí como mujer, y ahora, mira, es tu esposa. ¡Tómala y vete!

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e hā naʻa ke pehē ai, ‘Ko hoku tuofefine eni?’ Ne u meimei maʻu ia ko e uaifi kiate au; pea ko eni, vakai ki ho uaifi, ʻave ia pea ke ʻalu.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Про що певнив єси: Вона сестра менї? Я й узяв її собі за жінку. Тепер же ось тобі жінка твоя; возьми її та й ійди собі.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Про що певнив єси: Вона сестра менї? Я й узяв її собі за жінку. Тепер же ось тобі жінка твоя; возьми її та й ійди собі.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Sao đã nói rằng: người đó là em gái tôi? nên nỗi ta đã lấy nàng làm vợ. Bây giờ, vợ ngươi đây; hãy nhận lấy và đi đi.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֨רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ לִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַתָּ֕ה הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ קַ֥ח וָלֵֽךְ׃