Genesis 12:19 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 12:19 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
לָמָ֤ה
mâh
H4100
what
אָמַ֨רְתָּ֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲחֹ֣תִי
ʼâchôwth
H269
sister
הִ֔וא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
וָאֶקַּ֥ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
אֹתָ֛הּ
ʼêth
H853
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לִ֖י
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
וְעַתָּ֕ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
הִנֵּ֥ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
אִשְׁתְּךָ֖
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
קַ֥ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
וָלֵֽךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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."
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Why did you say, ‘She my sister,’ so that I took her to me as a wife? Now then, behold, your wife. Take and go!”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).