Genesis 26:9

American Standard Version (1901)

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

ASV Byzantine Text

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

Asang Khongca Bible

To pongah Abimelek mah Issak to kawk moe, Khenah, anih loe na zu bae to; tipongah anih loe ka tanuh ni, tiah na thuih loe? tiah a naa. Issak mah anih khaeah, to tiah ka thui ai nahaeloe anih pongah ka dueh moeng tih, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te dongah Abimelek loh Isaak te a khue tih, “Anih he na yuu taktak a? Tedae bahamlae, 'Anih he ka ngannu ni, ' na ti,” a ti nah. Te dongah Isaak loh, “Anih kongah ka duek ve,” ka ti dongah ni,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te dongah Abimelek loh Isaak te a khue tih, “Anih he na yuu taktak a? Tedae bahamlae, 'Anih he ka ngannu ni, ' na ti,” a ti nah. Te dongah Isaak loh , “Anih kongah ka duek ve,” ka ti dongah ni,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Hea mai la o Abimeleka ia Isaaka, i mai la, Aia hoi, he oiaio no, o kau wahine no ia; a pehea hoi oe i olelo mai ai, O ko'u kaikuwahine ia? I aku la o Isaaka ia ia, No ka mea, i iho la au, E make paha uanei au nona.

English Berean Standard Bible

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè sa a, Abimelèk voye chache Izarak. Li di l' konsa: -Gade non, monchè, se madanm ou li ye! Poukisa ou di se sè ou li ye! Izarak reponn li: -Mwen te di sa paske mwen te kwè yo ta ka touye m', si m' te di se madanm mwen li ye.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et accersito eo, ait: Perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit: cur mentitus es eam sororem tuam esse? Respondit: Timui ne morerer propter eam.

Bible in Basic English

And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Abimélec appela Isaac, et dit : Voici, assurément c’est ta femme ; et comment as-tu dit : C’est ma sœur ? Et Isaac lui dit : Parce que je disais : De peur que je ne meure à cause d’elle.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Protož povolav Abimelech Izáka, řekl: Aj, v pravdě manželka tvá to jest. Jakž to, že jsi pravil: Sestra má jest? I odpověděl jemu Izák: Nebo jsem řekl sám u sebe: Abych snad neumřel pro ni.

Kosraean Bible

Abimelech el sapla solalma Isaac ac fahk nu sel, “Ma kiom pa mutan sac! Efu ku kom fahk mu ma loum?” Na Isaac el fahk “Nga sensen mu nga ac fin fahk mu ma kiuk pa el, na ac anwuki nga.”

World Portuguese Bible

Abimeleque chamou Isaque e disse: “Eis que ela é certamente a sua mulher. Por que você disse: ‘Ela é minha irmã’?” Isaque lhe respondeu: “Porque eu disse: ‘Para que eu não morra por causa dela’.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi Abimelec a chemat pe Isaac şi a spus: Iată, cu adevărat ea este soţia ta; şi cum de ai spus: Ea este sora mea? Şi Isaac i-a spus: Pentru că mi-am zis: Nu cumva să mor din cauza ei.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

Burmese Common Language Bible

အ​ဘိ​မ​လက်​သည်​ဣ​ဇာက်​ကို​ခေါ်​၍``သူ​သည် စင်​စစ်​သင်​၏​မ​ယား​ဖြစ်​၏။ အ​ဘယ်​ကြောင့် သင်​၏​နှ​မ​ဟု​ပြော​ရ​သ​နည်း'' ဟု​မေး​၏။ ဣ​ဇာက်​က``သူ​သည်​ကျွန်ုပ်​၏​မ​ယား​ဖြစ်​သည် ဟု​ပြော​လျှင်​အ​သတ်​ခံ​ရ​မည်​ကို​စိုး​ရိမ်​မိ ပါ​သည်'' ဟု​လျှောက်​လေ​၏။

Darby Translation

Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Da rief Abimelech den Isaak und sprach: Siehe, fürwahr, sie ist dein Weib; und wie hast du gesagt: Sie ist meine Schwester? Und Isaak sprach zu ihm: Weil ich mir sagte: Daß ich nicht sterbe ihretwegen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen riep Abimelech Izak, en zeide: Voorwaar, zie, zij is uw huisvrouw! hoe hebt gij dan gezegd: Zij is mijn zuster? En Izak zeide tot hem: Want ik zeide: Dat ik niet misschien om harentwil sterve.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Nu liet Abimélek Isaäk roepen, en zeide hem: Vast en zeker: het is uw vrouw! Hoe hebt ge dan kunnen zeggen: Het is mijn zuster! Isaäk gaf hem ten antwoord: Ik was bang, dat ik om haar zou worden vermoord.

Italian Diodati Bible

E Abimelecco chiamò Isacco, e gli disse: Ecco, costei è pur tua moglie; come adunque hai tu detto: Ell' è mia sorella? E Isacco gli disse: Perciocchè io diceva: E' mi convien guardare che io non muoia per cagion d'essa.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And calling for him, he said: It is evident she is thy wife: why didst thou feign her to be thy sister? He answered: I feared lest I should die for her sake.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Abimelech called Izhak, and sayde, Loe, shee is of a suertie thy wife, and why saydest thou, She is my sister? To whom Izhak answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall dye for her.

Danish Bible 1931

Så lod Abimelek Isak kalde og sagde: “Hun er jo din Hustru; hvor kunde du da sige, at hun er din Søster” Isak svarede: “Jo, jeg tænkte: Jeg vil ikke udsætte mig for at miste Livet for hendes Skyld.”

Leeser Tanakh

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I thought, Perhaps I may die for her.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said: 'Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou: She is my sister?' And Isaac said unto him: 'Because I said: Lest I die because of her.'

King James Version

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

bèn đòi Y-sác mà rằng: Quả thật là vợ ngươi đó; sao có nói: Aáy là em gái tôi? Y-sác đáp rằng: Vì tôi có thầm nói: Chớ khá vì nàng mà tôi phải bỏ mình.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Revised West Version

Pea fekau ʻe ʻApimeleki ke haʻu ʻa ʻAisake, ʻo ne pehē, “Vakai, ko e moʻoni ko ho uaifi ia; pea ko e hā naʻa ke pehē ai, ko hoku tuofefine ia?” Pea talaange ʻe ʻAisake kiate ia, “Koeʻuhi naʻaku pehē, telia naʻaku mate koeʻuhi ko ia.”

French Ostervald Bible

Alors Abimélec appela Isaac, et lui dit: Certainement, voici, c'est ta femme; et comment as-tu dit: C'est ma sœur? Et Isaac lui répondit: C'est que j'ai dit: Il ne faut pas que je meure à cause d'elle.

Esperanto Bible

Tiam Abimeleĥ vokis Isaakon, kaj diris: Jen, ŝi estas ja via edzino; kial do vi diris: Ŝi estas mia fratino? Kaj Isaak diris al li: Ĉar mi pensis, ke eble mi mortos pro ŝi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Abimélec fit appeler Isaac, et dit: Certainement, c’est ta femme. Comment as-tu pu dire: C’est ma sœur? Isaac lui répondit: J’ai parlé ainsi, de peur de mourir à cause d’elle.

German Luther Bible 1912

Da rief Abimelech den Isaak und sprach: Siehe, es ist dein Weib. Wie hast du denn gesagt: Sie ist meine Schwester? Isaak antwortete ihm: Ich gedachte, ich möchte vielleicht sterben müssen um ihretwillen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then your wife? why have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then your wife? why have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

Majority Standard BIble

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

Webster Bible

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, surely she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I should die on her account.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Then Abimelech called to Isaac, and said, ‘Surely she is your wife; why did you say “She is my sister?”’ Isaac answered him, ‘I said it, so that I might not die because of her.’

Open English Bible (US)

Then Abimelech called to Isaac, and said, “Surely she is your wife; why did you say ‘She is my sister?’” Isaac answered him, “I said it, so that I might not die because of her.”

Revised Version

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E Abimelec chiamò Isacco, e gli disse: “Certo, costei è tua moglie; come mai dunque, hai detto: E mia sorella?” E Isacco rispose: “Perché dicevo: Non vorrei esser messo a morte a motivo di lei”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Abimélec appela Isaac, et dit : « Voici, certainement elle est ta femme. Pourquoi as-tu dit : ‹ C'est ma sœur › ? » Isaac lui dit : « Parce que j'ai dit : ‹ De crainte que je ne meure à cause d'elle. › »

Reina Valera 1909

Y llamó Abimelech á Isaac, y dijo: He aquí ella es de cierto tu mujer: ¿cómo, pues, dijiste: Es mi hermana? E Isaac le respondió: Porque dije: Quizá moriré por causa de ella.

Spanish BLL

Abimelec mandó llamar a Isaac y le dijo: “¡Así que ella es tu esposa! ¿Por qué dijiste que era tu hermana?” Isaac le respondió: “Porque pensé que me matarían por su culpa”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y llamó Abimelec a Isaac, y dijo: “He aquí ella es de cierto tu mujer. ¿Cómo, pues, dijiste: ‘Es mi hermana’?” E Isaac le respondió: “Porque dije: ‘Quizá moriré por causa de ella’”.

Croatian Bible

Nato Abimelek pozove Izaka te reče: “Tako, ona ti je žena! Kako si mogao reći da ti je sestra?” Izak mu odgovori: “Jer sam mislio da bih zbog nje mogao poginuti.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I dozva Avimeleh Isaka i reče: Ta to ti je žena; kako si kazao: Sestra mi je? A Isak mu odgovori: Rekoh: da ne poginem s nje.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And Abimelek called Izhak and said, Nevertheless, behold, she is thy wife: why then hast thou said, She is my sister? And Izhak said to him, Because I said, Lest I be killed on account of her.

German Textbibel

Da ließ Abimelech den Isaak rufen und sprach: Also dein Weib ist sie! Wie konntest du da sagen: Sie ist meine Schwester? Isaak antwortete ihm: Ja, ich dachte, ich könnte ihretwegen etwa gar sterben müssen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְיִצְחָ֗ק וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַ֣ךְ הִנֵּ֤ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֙ הִ֔וא וְאֵ֥יךְ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ יִצְחָ֔ק כִּ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי פֶּן־אָמ֖וּת עָלֶֽיהָ׃

World English Bible

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

World English Bible (Catholic)

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

World English Bible British Edition

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

World English Bible Classic

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

World English Bible Updated

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

World Messianic Bible

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

Wycliffe Bible portions

And whanne Isaac was clepid, the kyng seide, It is opyn, that sche is thi wijf; whi liedist thou, that sche was thi sistir? Isaac answerde, Y dredde, lest Y schulde die for hir.

Young's Literal Translation

And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, 'Lo, she [is] surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She [is] my sister?' and Isaac saith unto him, 'Because I said, Lest I die for her.'

SEPTUAGINTA

ἐκάλεσε δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἆρά γε γυνή σου ἐστί; τί ὅτι εἶπας, ἀδελφή μου ἐστίν; εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰσαάκ· εἶπα γάρ, μήποτε ἀποθάνω δι᾿ αὐτήν.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἐκάλεσε δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἆρά γε γυνή σου ἐστί; τί ὅτι εἶπας, ἀδελφή μου ἐστίν; εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰσαὰκ, εἶπα γὰρ, μή ποτε ἀποθάνω διʼ αὐτήν.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Абимелек а тримис сэ кеме пе Исаак ши й-а зис: „Ну май ынкапе ындоялэ кэ е невастэ-та. Кум ай путут зиче: ‘Е сорэ-мя’?” Исаак й-а рэспунс: „Ам зис аша, ка сэ ну мор дин причина ей.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Прикликав же Абимелех Ізаака та й каже: Чи справдї ж бо вона жінка твоя? Як же се ти казав: Вона сестра менї. Каже ж йому Ізаак: Затим казав, щоб не вмерти задля неї.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Прикликав же Абимелех Ізаака та й каже: Чи справдї ж бо вона жінка твоя? Як же се ти казав: Вона сестра менї. Каже ж йому Ізаак: Затим казав, щоб не вмерти задля неї.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

И дозва Авимелех Исака и рече: Та то ти је жена; како си казао: Сестра ми је? А Исак му одговори: Рекох: да не погинем с ње.

Russian Synodal Bible

И призвал Авимелех Исаака и сказал: вот, это жена твоя; как же ты сказал: она сестра моя? Исаак сказал ему: потому что я думал, не умереть бы мне ради ее.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְיִצְחָ֗ק וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַ֣ךְ הִנֵּ֤ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֙ הִ֔וא וְאֵ֥יךְ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ יִצְחָ֔ק כִּ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי פֶּן־אָמ֖וּת עָלֶֽיהָ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ויקרא אבימלך ליצחק ויאמר אך הנה אשתך הוא ואיך אמרת אחתי הוא ויאמר אליו יצחק כי אמרתי פן אמות עליה׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

فَدَعَا أَبِيمَالِكُ إِسْحَاقَ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّمَا هِيَ ٱمْرَأَتُكَ! فَكَيْفَ قُلْتَ: هِيَ أُخْتِي؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ: «لِأَنِّي قُلْتُ: لَعَلِّي أَمُوتُ بِسَبَبِهَا».

Old Persion Version Bible

پس ابی ملک، اسحاق را خوانده، گفت: «همانا این زوجه توست! پس چرا گفتی که خواهر من است؟» اسحاق بدو گفت: «زیرا گفتم که مبادابرای وی بمیرم.»

Judson Burmese Bible

ဣဇာက် ကို ခေါ် ၍ ၊ ထို မိန်းမသည်၊ အကယ်စင်စစ် သင် ၏မယား ဖြစ်၏။ သို့ရာတွင် ၊ သူသည် ငါ့ နှမ ဖြစ်၏ဟု အဘယ် ကြောင့်သင်ပြော ရ သနည်းဟုမေး သော်၊ ဣဇာက် က၊ သူ့ အတွက် ကြောင့် ကျွန်ုပ်သေ မည်ကို စိုးရိမ်ပါသည်ဟု လျှောက်ဆို ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

이에 아비멜렉이 이삭을 불러 이르되 `그가 정녕 네 아내여늘 어찌 네 누이라 하였느냐 ?' 이삭이 그에게 대답하되 `내 생각에 그를 인하여 내가 죽게 될까 두려워하였음이로라'

Japanese Freedom Bible

アビメレクはイサクを呼んで言った。「見よ、彼女は確かにあなたの妻ではないか。なぜあなたは『彼女は私の妹です』と言ったのか。」 イサクは答えた。「彼女のゆえに殺されるかもしれないと思ったのです。」

World Chinese Bible

亚比米勒召了以撒来，说：“看哪，她明明是你的妻子！你为什么说：‘她是我的妹妹’？” 以撒对他说：“因为我说：‘恐怕我因她而死。’”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

亚比米勒召了 以撒来，对他说：「她实在是你的妻子，你怎么说她是你的妹子？」 以撒说：「我心里想，恐怕我因她而死。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

亞比米勒召了 以撒來，對他說：「她實在是你的妻子，你怎麼說她是你的妹子？」 以撒說：「我心裏想，恐怕我因她而死。」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

E chamou Abimeleque a Isaque, e disse: Eis que ela é certamente tua mulher: como, pois, disseste: É minha irmã? E Isaque lhe respondeu: Porque disse: Talvez eu morra por causa dela.

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Mashi Bible

Abimeleki anacihamagala Izaki amubwîra, erhi: «Mâshi mukâwe oyu! Kurhi waciderhaga mpu mwâli winyu?» Izaki ashuza, erhi: «Nakâcîdôsa nti nankanafakwo oyu mukazi».

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Da rief Abimelech den Isaak und sprach: Siehe, sie ist dein Weib! Wie durftest du sagen: «Sie ist meine Schwester?» Isaak antwortete ihm: Ich dachte, ich möchte vielleicht sterben müssen um ihretwillen.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Y él le dijo a Isaac: Está claro que ella es tu esposa: ¿por qué dijiste entonces: Ella es mi hermana? E Isaac dijo: Por temor a que me maten por causa de ella.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Abimelec llamó a Isaac, y le dijo: Mira, ciertamente ella es tu esposa. ¿Por qué dijiste: Es mi hermana? E Isaac le respondió: Porque me dije: No sea que yo muera por causa de ella.

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

And Avimelech called Yitzchak, and said, Hinei, of a surety she is thy isha; and why saidst thou, She is my achot? And Yitzchak said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

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