genesis_20:12
Genesis 20:12
| Hebrew |
וְגַם אָמְנָ֗ה אֲחֹתִ֤י בַת אָבִי֙ הִ֔וא אַ֖ךְ לֹ֣א בַת אִמִּ֑י וַתְּהִיplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 לִ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה |
| ESV |
Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.
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| NIV |
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.
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| NLT |
And she really is my sister, for we both have the same father, but different mothers. And I married her.
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| LXX |
καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” γὰρ ἀληθῶς ἀδελφή μού ἐστινplugin-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. ἐκ πατρός ἀλλ οὐκ ἐκ μητρός ἐγενήθη δέplugin-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. μοι εἰς γυναῖκα |
| KJV |
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.
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