Genesis 20:12
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.
KJV
alias autem et vere soror mea est, filia patris mei, et non filia matris meæ, et duxi eam in uxorem.
Vulgate
καὶ γὰρ ἀληθῶς ἀδελφή μού ἐστιν ἐκ πατρός, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐκ μητρός· ἐγενήθη δέ μοι εἰς γυναῖκα.
LXX
And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:
ASV
וְ/גַם אָמְנָ֗ה אֲחֹתִ֤/י בַת אָבִ/י֙ הִ֔וא אַ֖ךְ לֹ֣א בַת אִמִּ֑/י וַ/תְּהִי לִ֖/י לְ/אִשָּֽׁה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
אָמְנָ֗ה
'mnh
adverb · 2×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 119×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 30.—Of Lot’s Deliverance from Sodom, and Its Consumption by Fire from Heaven; And of Abimelech, Whose Lust Could Not Harm Sarah’s Chastity. After this promise Lot was delivered out of Sodom, and a fiery rain from heaven turned into ashes that whole region of the impious city, where custom had made sodomy as prevalent as laws have elsewhere made other kinds of wickedness…
Cross-references
- Gen 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Gen 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Gen 12:13 — Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
- Gen 26:7 — And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fai