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Sleeping in EQ · 10-18-2007, 08:17 PM

I know almost nothing of Hebrew, but it sure seems to me like the old KJV hast shifted the tense of thee verb in Genesis 12:19:

KJV: 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.

NRSV: Why did you say, "She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone."

NASB: Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go.

ESV: Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.

GNT: Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go.

I'm hoping someone is comfortable enough with the Hebrew to comment...

10-18-2007, 08:17 PM	#1
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Pharaoh took Sarai for his wife I know almost nothing of Hebrew, but it sure seems to me like the old KJV hast shifted the tense of thee verb in Genesis 12:19: KJV: 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. NRSV: Why did you say, "She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone." NASB: Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go. ESV: Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go. GNT: Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go. I'm hoping someone is comfortable enough with the Hebrew to comment... __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies. Last edited by Sleeping in EQ; 10-18-2007 at 08:25 PM.