genesis_20:11
Genesis 20:11
| Hebrew |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי רַ֚ק אֵין יִרְאַ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֔יםplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֱלֹהִים hebrew Meanings: * God * god * goddess * divine ones * angels Noun, masculine בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַהֲרָג֖וּנִי עַל דְּבַ֥ר אִשְׁתִּֽי |
| ESV |
Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.
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| NIV |
Abraham replied, “I said to myself, 'There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
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| NLT |
Abraham replied, “I thought, 'This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.'
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| LXX |
εἶπεν δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. Αβρααμ εἶπα γάρ ἄρα οὐκ ἔστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. θεοσέβεια ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article τόπῳ τούτῳplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 ἐμέ τε ἀποκτενοῦσιν ἕνεκεν τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γυναικός μου |
| KJV |
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
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