Genesis 26:9
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.
KJV
Et accersito eo, ait : Perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit : cur mentitus es eam sororem tuam esse ? Respondit : Timui ne morerer propter eam.
Vulgate
ἐκάλεσεν δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἄρα γε γυνή σού ἐστιν· τί ὅτι εἶπας Ἀδελφή μού ἐστιν; εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰσαάκ Εἶπα γάρ Μή ποτε ἀποθάνω δι’ αὐτήν.
LXX
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
וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְ/יִצְחָ֗ק וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַ֣ךְ הִנֵּ֤ה אִשְׁתְּ/ךָ֙ הִ֔וא וְ/אֵ֥יךְ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אֲחֹ֣תִ/י הִ֑וא וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי/ו֙ יִצְחָ֔ק כִּ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי פֶּן אָמ֖וּת עָלֶֽי/הָ
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 12:18 — And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?