Genesis 20:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.”

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BSBPD

“Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 20:12 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
  2. Genesis 12:13Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.

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