Genesis 26:9
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
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ASV
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.
KJV
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָ֨א | vai.yik.Ra' | and he summoned | H7121 → |
| אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ | 'a.vi.Me.lekh | Abimelech | H40 → |
| לְיִצְחָ֗ק | le.yitz.Chak | <to> Isaac | H3327 → |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אַ֣ךְ | 'akh | surely | H389 → |
| הִנֵּ֤ה | hi.Neh | here! | H2009 → |
| אִשְׁתְּךָ֙ | 'ish.te.Kha | [is] wife your | H802 → |
| הִ֔וא | hi' | she | H1931 → |
| וְאֵ֥יךְ | ve.'Eikh | and how? | H349 → |
| אָמַ֖רְתָּ | 'a.Mar.ta | did you say | H559 → |
| אֲחֹ֣תִי | 'a.Cho.ti | [is] sister my | H269 → |
| הִ֑וא | hi' | she | H1931 → |
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֵלָיו֙ | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| יִצְחָ֔ק | yitz.Chak | Isaac | H3327 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אָמַ֔רְתִּי | 'a.Mar.ti | I thought | H559 → |
| פֶּן־ | pen- | lest | H6435 → |
| אָמ֖וּת | 'a.Mut | I should die | H4191 → |
| עָלֶֽיהָ׃ | 'a.Lei.ha | on her | H5921 → |
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