Genesis 12:19
Bible › Genesis › Chapter 12 › Verse 19
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.Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
In other translations
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.Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
Hebrew words
לָמָהlamah<to> why?H4100אָמַרְתָּ'amartadid you sayH559אֲחֹתִי'achoti[is] sister myH269הִואhi'sheH1931וָאֶקַּחva'ekachand I tookH3947אֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> herH853לִיlifor <the> myselfלְאִשָּׁהle'ishahto a wifeH802וְעַתָּהve'atahand nowH6258הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009אִשְׁתְּךָ'ishtekhawife yourH802קַחkachtake [her]H3947וָלֵךְ׃valekhand goH1980
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.