Genesis 12:19

12:19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her ¹  to be my wife? ²  Here is your wife! ³  Take her and go!” ⁴ 

Genesis 20:2

20:2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

Genesis 20:5

20:5 Did Abraham ⁵  not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ⁶  ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience ⁷  and with innocent hands!”

Genesis 20:12

20:12 What’s more, ⁸  she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

[12:19]  ¹ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive here expresses consequence.

[12:19]  ² tn Heb “to me for a wife.”

[12:19]  ³ tn Heb “Look, your wife!”

[12:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “take and go.”

[20:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and she, even she.”

[20:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “with the integrity of my heart.”

[20:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “but also.”