Genesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
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ASV
And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
KJV
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | vai.yo.Mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֵלָ֨יו | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֜ים | ha.'E.lo.Him | <the> God | H430 → |
| בַּחֲלֹ֗ם | ba.cha.Lom | in a dream | H2472 → |
| גַּ֣ם | gam | also | H1571 → |
| אָנֹכִ֤י | 'a.no.Khi | I | H595 → |
| יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ | ya.Da'.ti | I know | H3045 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| בְתָם־ | ve.tom- | in [the] integrity of | H8537 → |
| לְבָבְךָ֙ | le.va.ve.Kha | heart your | H3824 → |
| עָשִׂ֣יתָ | 'a.Si.ta | you did | H6213 → |
| זֹּ֔את | Zot | this | H2063 → |
| וָאֶחְשֹׂ֧ךְ | va.'ech.Sokh | and I have restrained | H2820 → |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → |
| אָנֹכִ֛י | 'a.no.Khi | I | H595 → |
| אֽוֹתְךָ֖ | 'ot.Kha | <obj.> you | H853 → |
| מֵחֲטוֹ־ | me.cha.tov- | from sinning | H2398 → |
| לִ֑י | Li | to <the> me | |
| עַל־ | 'al- | there- | H5921 → |
| כֵּ֥ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| נְתַתִּ֖יךָ | ne.ta.Ti.kha | I have permitted you | H5414 → |
| לִנְגֹּ֥עַ | lin.Go.a' | to touch | H5060 → |
| אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ | 'e.Lei.ha | <to> her | H413 → |
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