Skip to content
RBT Translation:
And Father-King is calling-out to He-Laughs, and he is saying, `Only behold, himself is your woman and only you have said, My sister is himself?` and He-Laughs is saying toward him, `For I have said, Lest I die upon her.`
LITV Translation:
And Abimelech called Isaac and said, See, surely she is your wife, and how have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, lest I die on account of her.
ESV Translation:
So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

Footnotes