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Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Why how long Pronoun H4100 לָמָ֤ה la·mah
Why saidst thou answer Verb H559 אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ a·mar·ta
other other Noun H269 אֲחֹ֣תִי a·cho·ti
take accept Verb H3947 וָאֶקַּ֥ח va·'ek·kach
her to me to wife ess Noun H802 לְאִשָּׁ֑ה le·'i·shah;
then henceforth Adverb H6258 וְעַתָּ֕ה ve·'at·tah
he he Particle H2009 הִנֵּ֥ה hin·neh
now therefore behold thy wife ess Noun H802 אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ ish·te·cha
take accept Verb H3947 קַ֥ח kach
her and go along Verb H1980 וָלֵֽךְ׃ va·lech.

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King James Bible Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
Hebrew Greek English Why saidst thou, She "Why did you say, 'She is my sister? sister,' so that I might have taken took her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, her and go thy way.go."
New American Standard Bible 1995 Why saidst thou, She "Why did you say, 'She is my sister? sister,' so that I might have taken took her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, her and go thy way.go."