Genesis 16:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 16:3 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 →
וַתִּקַּ֞ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
שָׂרַ֣י
Sâray
H8297
Sarai
אֵֽשֶׁת
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
אַבְרָ֗ם
ʼAbrâm
H87
Abram
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָגָ֤ר
Hâgâr
H1904
Hagar
הַמִּצְרִית֙
Mitsrîy
H4713
Egyptian
שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ
shiphchâh
H8198
maid
מִקֵּץ֙
qêts
H7093
end
עֶ֣שֶׂר
ʻeser
H6235
ten
שָׁנִ֔ים
shâneh
H8141
year
לְשֶׁ֥בֶת
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
אַבְרָ֖ם
ʼAbrâm
H87
Abram
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
כְּנָ֑עַן
Kᵉnaʻan
H3667
Canaan
וַתִּתֵּ֥ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
אֹתָ֛הּ
ʼêth
H853
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לְאַבְרָ֥ם
ʼAbrâm
H87
Abram
אִישָׁ֖הּ
ʼîysh
H376
man
ל֥וֹ
לְאִשָּֽׁה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
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World English Bible Public Domain
Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So Sarai, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, her Egyptian maidservant, at the end of ten years that Abram had lived in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife for him.
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