Category: Genesis

  • Genesis 20:18

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

    King James Version (KJV):
    For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

  • Genesis 20:15

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  • Genesis 20:16

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and in respect of all thou art righted.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver: behold, he [is] to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that [are] with thee, and with all [other]: thus she was reproved.

  • Genesis 20:13

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This [is] thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He [is] my brother.

  • Genesis 20:14

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

  • Genesis 20:11

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

  • Genesis 20:12

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

    King James Version (KJV):
    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.

  • Genesis 20:9

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

  • Genesis 20:10

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

    King James Version (KJV):
    And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

  • Genesis 20:7

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that [are] thine.