Genesis 20:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַם־אָמְנָ֗ה אֲחֹתִ֤י בַת־אָבִי֙ הִ֔וא אַ֖ךְ לֹ֣א בַת־אִמִּ֑י וַתְּהִי־לִ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And-also-'āmnāh sister-my daughter-father-my she but not daughter-mother-my wə-təhî-to-me to-wife

Grammar Details

• *wə-gam*: waw conjunction + adverb - and also
• *'āmnāh*: adverb - truly/indeed
• *'ăḥōṯî*: common noun, feminine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my sister
• *baṯ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
• *'āḇî*: common noun, masculine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my father
• *hî'*: 3rd feminine singular personal pronoun - she
• *'aḵ*: adverb - but/only/however
• *lō'*: negative particle - not
• *'immî*: common noun, feminine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my mother
• *wə-təhî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she became
• *lî*: preposition + 1st common singular suffix - to me
• *lə-'iššāh*: preposition + common noun, feminine singular - for a wife

Word Meanings

• *'āmnāh*: truly/indeed/really
• *'ăḥōṯî*: my sister
• *təhî*: become/be/exist

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And moreover she is indeed{H546} my sister,{H269} the daughter{H1323} of my father,{H1} but not the daughter{H1323} of my mother;{H517} and she became my wife:{H802}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And yet indeed{H546} she is my sister{H269}; she is the daughter{H1323} of my father{H1}, but not the daughter{H1323} of my mother{H517}; and she became my wife{H802}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  yet in very dede she is my sister the doughter of my father but not of my mother: and became my wyfe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And of a trueth she is my sister, for she is my fathers doughter, but not my mothers doughter, and is become my wife.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yet in very deede she is my sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yet in very deede she is my sister, for she is ye daughter of my father, though she be not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 11:29 : 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
• Gen 12:13 : 13 Please say that you are my sister, so that it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared because of you."
• 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from every form of evil.