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Genesis 20

Gen. 20:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And yet indeed
'omnah (Hebrew #546)
adverb, surely
KJV usage: indeed.
Pronounce: om-naw'
Origin: feminine form of 544 (in its usual sense)
she is mya sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
; she is the daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of my father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, but not the daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of my mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
; and she became my wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
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Gen. 11:29• 29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. (Gen. 11:29)

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Daughter,
Father,
Mother,
Wife

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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And yet.
Gen. 11:29• 29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. (Gen. 11:29)
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Gen. 12:13• 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. (Gen. 12:13)
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1 Thess. 5:22• 22Abstain from all appearance of evil. (1 Thess. 5:22)
she is the.Ebn Batrik, in his annals, among other ancient traditions, has preserved the following:
"Terah first married Yona, by whom he had Abraham; afterwards he married Tehevita, by whom he had Sarah."
• He said of Sarah, his wife, “She is my sister.” He told the truth to hide the truth, and again exposed his wife to shame to preserve his own life. (“The Works of the Flesh: Genesis 20” by H. Smith)
• As so often is the case when a believer fails there is the effort to palliate the failure, instead of honest confession, “I have sinned.” No three words in human language are so hard for either a sinner or a saint to utter as these words. (“The Works of the Flesh: Genesis 20” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.