Genesis 22:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 22:12 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 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
תִּשְׁלַ֤ח
shâlach
H7971
to send
יָֽדְךָ֙
yâd
H3027
hand
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַנַּ֔עַר
naʻar
H5288
boy
וְאַל
ʼal
H408
not
תַּ֥עַשׂ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
ל֖וֹ
מְא֑וּמָּה
mᵉʼûwmâh
H3972
anything
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
עַתָּ֣ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
יָדַ֗עְתִּי
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יְרֵ֤א
yârêʼ
H3373
fearing
אֱלֹהִים֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אַ֔תָּה
ʼattâh
H859
you
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
חָשַׂ֛כְתָּ
châsak
H2820
to withhold
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
בִּנְךָ֥
bên
H1121
son
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
יְחִידְךָ֖
yâchîyd
H3173
only
מִמֶּֽנִּי
min
H4480
from
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World English Bible Public Domain
He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
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King James Version Public Domain
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then he said, “Do not reach out your hand against the boy! And not do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only, from me.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).