Genesis 20:5

The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

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1 וַיִּסַּ֨ע מִשָּׁ֤ם אַבְרָהָם֙ אַ֣רְצָה הַנֶּ֔גֶב וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בֵּין־קָדֵ֖שׁ וּבֵ֣ין שׁ֑וּר וַיָּ֖גׇר בִּגְרָֽר׃ And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

2 וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל־שָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּרָ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־שָׂרָֽה׃ And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: ‘She is my sister.’ And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

3 וַיָּבֹ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶל־אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ בַּחֲל֣וֹם הַלָּ֑יְלָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ הִנְּךָ֥ מֵת֙ עַל־הָאִשָּׁ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֔חְתָּ וְהִ֖וא בְּעֻ֥לַת בָּֽעַל׃ But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: ‘Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.’

4 וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ לֹ֥א קָרַ֖ב אֵלֶ֑יהָ וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אֲדֹנָ֕י הֲג֥וֹי גַּם־צַדִּ֖יק תַּהֲרֹֽג׃ Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: ‘Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?

5 הֲלֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר־לִי֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וְהִֽיא־גַם־הִ֥וא אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָחִ֣י ה֑וּא בְּתׇם־לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי זֹֽאת׃ Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.’

6 וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ אֵלָ֨יו הָֽאֱלֹהִ֜ים בַּחֲלֹ֗ם גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֤י יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ כִּ֤י בְתׇם־לְבָבְךָ֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וָאֶחְשֹׂ֧ךְ גַּם־אָנֹכִ֛י אֽוֹתְךָ֖ מֵחֲטוֹ־לִ֑י עַל־כֵּ֥ן לֹא־נְתַתִּ֖יךָ לִנְגֹּ֥עַ אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ And God said unto him in the dream: ‘Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

7 וְעַתָּ֗ה הָשֵׁ֤ב אֵֽשֶׁת־הָאִישׁ֙ כִּֽי־נָבִ֣יא ה֔וּא וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל בַּֽעַדְךָ֖ וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה וְאִם־אֵֽינְךָ֣ מֵשִׁ֔יב דַּ֚ע כִּי־מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת אַתָּ֖ה וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ׃ 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.’

8 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּקְרָא֙ לְכׇל־עֲבָדָ֔יו וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת־כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה בְּאׇזְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְאֹֽד׃ And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore afraid.

9 וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְאַבְרָהָ֗ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜וֹ מֶֽה־עָשִׂ֤יתָ לָּ֙נוּ֙ וּמֶֽה־חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־הֵבֵ֧אתָ עָלַ֛י וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתִּ֖י חֲטָאָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה מַעֲשִׂים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יֵֽעָשׂ֔וּ עָשִׂ֖יתָ עִמָּדִֽי׃ 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.’

10 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה רָאִ֔יתָ כִּ֥י עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ And Abimelech said unto Abraham: ‘What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?’

11 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי רַ֚ק אֵין־יִרְאַ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַהֲרָג֖וּנִי עַל־דְּבַ֥ר אִשְׁתִּֽי׃ 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.

12 וְגַם־אׇמְנָ֗ה אֲחֹתִ֤י בַת־אָבִי֙ הִ֔וא אַ֖ךְ לֹ֣א בַת־אִמִּ֑י וַתְּהִי־לִ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and so she became my wife.

13 וַיְהִ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְע֣וּ אֹתִ֗י אֱלֹהִים֮ מִבֵּ֣ית אָבִי֒ וָאֹמַ֣ר לָ֔הּ זֶ֣ה חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשִׂ֖י עִמָּדִ֑י אֶ֤ל כׇּל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה אִמְרִי־לִ֖י אָחִ֥י הֽוּא׃ 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.’

14 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ צֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֗ר וַעֲבָדִים֙ וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיָּ֣שֶׁב ל֔וֹ אֵ֖ת שָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

15 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ הִנֵּ֥ה אַרְצִ֖י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ בַּטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ שֵֽׁב׃ And Abimelech said: ‘Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.’

16 וּלְשָׂרָ֣ה אָמַ֗ר הִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֜תִּי אֶ֤לֶף כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לְאָחִ֔יךְ הִנֵּ֤ה הוּא־לָךְ֙ כְּס֣וּת עֵינַ֔יִם לְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑ךְ וְאֵ֥ת כֹּ֖ל וְנֹכָֽחַת׃ 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 before all men thou art righted.’

17 וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיִּרְפָּ֨א אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־אֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּ֛וֹ וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יו וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ׃ And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.

18 כִּֽי־עָצֹ֤ר עָצַר֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה בְּעַ֥ד כׇּל־רֶ֖חֶם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ עַל־דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרָ֖ה אֵ֥שֶׁת אַבְרָהָֽם׃ {ס} For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

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ቃል በቃል (Hebrew → English · Strong’s)

הֲלֹ֨אlôʼnot
ה֤וּאhûwʼhe
אָֽמַרʼâmarto say
לִי֙
אֲחֹ֣תִיʼâchôwtha sister
הִ֔ואhûwʼhe
וְהִֽיאhûwʼhe
גַםgamassemblage
הִ֥ואhûwʼhe
אָֽמְרָ֖הʼâmarto say
אָחִ֣יʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of l
ה֑וּאhûwʼhe
בְּתָםtômcompleteness
לְבָבִ֛יlêbâbthe heart
וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ןniqqâyôwnclearness
כַּפַּ֖יkaphthe hollow hand or palm (so of the paw o
עָשִׂ֥יתִיʻâsâhto do or make
זֹֽאתzôʼththis

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Genesis 20:5 in every translation

English · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Did he not say to me, She is my sister? And she also said, He is my brother. With an innocent heart and clean hands I did this.

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English · The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

Did he not say to me: "She is my sister"? And she, also she, [(including her bondsmen, camel drivers, and ass drivers)] said to me: "He is my brother." With innocence of heart, [not thinking to sin], and with cleanness of hands, [not having touched her] did I do this.

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עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah

הֲלֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר־לִי֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וְהִֽיא־גַם־הִ֥וא אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָחִ֣י ה֑וּא בְּתׇם־לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי זֹֽאת׃

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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.’

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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra

הֲלֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר־לִי֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וְהִֽיא־גַם־הִ֥וא אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָחִ֣י ה֑וּא בְּתָם־לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי זֹֽאת׃

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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]

Quoi! ne m’a-t-il pas dit: ’Elle est ma sœur?’ et elle, elle aussi, a dit: ‘Il est mon frère.’ C’est avec un cœur innocent et des mains pures que j’ai agi ainsi."

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Deutsch · Die fünf Bücher Moses, trans. Dr. J. Wohlgemuth, Rödelheim 1899 [de]

Hat er nicht selbst mir gesagt: »Sie ist meine Schwester?« und auch sie, hat sie nicht ebenfalls gesagt: »Er ist mein Bruder!« In der Unschuld meines Herzens und mit reinen Händen habe ich dies getan!

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English · Modernized Tanakh - Based on JPS 1917, Edited by Adam Cohn

he said to me: She is my sister? and she, even she said: He is my brother, herself. With a pure heart and innocence hands have I done this.’

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עברית · Tanach with Text Only

הלא הוא אמר לי אחתי הוא והיא גם הוא אמרה אחי הוא בתם לבבי ובנקין כפי עשיתי זאת

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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud

הֲלֹא הוּא אָמַר־לִי אֲחֹתִי הִוא וְהִיא־גַם־הִוא אָמְרָה אָחִי הוּא בְּתָם־לְבָבִי וּבְנִקְיֹן כַּפַּי עָשִׂיתִי זֹאת׃

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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]

האָט ער מיר ניט אַלײן געזאָגט: זי איז מײַנע אַ שװעסטער? און זי, אױך זי האָט געזאָגט: ער איז מײַנער אַ ברודער. אין דער ערלעכקײט פֿון מײַן האַרצן און אין דער רײנקײט פֿון מײַנע הענט האָב איך דאָס געטאָן.

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Deutsch · Der Pentateuch, übersetzt und erläutert von Samson Raphael Hirsch. Frankfurt am Main, 1867-1878 [de]

Hat denn nicht er selbst mir gesagt: Sie ist meine Schwester, und hat nicht sie, auch sie mir gesagt: Er ist mein Bruder? In Unschuld meines Sinnes und in Reinheit meiner Hände habe ich dies getan.

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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]

Li diris ja al mi: Ŝi estas mia fratino; kaj ŝi ankaŭ diris al mi: Li estas mia frato. En senkulpeco de mia koro kaj en pureco de miaj manoj mi faris tion.

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Italiano · Il Pentateuco. Traduzione italiana di Samuel David Luzzatto, 1872 [it]

Vedi, egli m’ha detto: Ella è mia sorella; ed ella altresì disse: Egli è mio fratello. Io ho fatto la cosa con innocenza di cuore e purità di mani.

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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]

Wszakże sam powiedział mi: Siostra to moja, i ona sama też mówiła: Brat to mój. W prostocie serca mojego i w czystości rąk moich uczyniłem to."

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Commentary on Genesis 20:5

Rashi

עברית

גם היא. לרבות עבדים וְגַמָלִים וְחַמָרִים שלה את כולם שאלתי ואמרו לי אחיה הוא:

בתם לבבי. שלא דמיתי לחטוא:

ובנקיון כפי. נקי אני מן החטא, שלא נגעתי בה:

Rashi Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 · ፈቃድ: CC-BY · Full commentary on Sefaria

Targum Jonathan

English

Did he not tell me, She is my sister? and did not she also say, He is my brother? In the truthfulness of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862 · ፈቃድ: Public Domain · Full commentary on Sefaria

Radak (David Kimhi)

English

הלא הוא אמר לי, when I asked him concerning Sarah’s marital status. I had not even relied on what my servants had been told, but I asked him personally, to be certain.

והיא גם היא, when I asked Sarah after I had taken her to my palace she also told me that “Avraham is my brother.” In view of this, what is my sin?

בתם לבבי, in perfect innocence, if I had had any reason to believe that she was a married lady, even my heart would not have desired her, i.e. I would not even have lusted after her.

ונקיון כפי, and my hands were clean! When I took her to my palace I did not demean her but I respected her dignity in every way.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · ፈቃድ: CC-BY · Full commentary on Sefaria