| English | kjv | King James Version | And the men of the place asked
him of his wife; and he said, She
is my sister: for he feared to say,
She is my wife; lest,
said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she
was fair to look upon.
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| English | bbe | Bible in Basic English | And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful. |
| English | web | World English Bible | The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”
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| English | webbe | World English Bible, British Edition | The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,”
for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah,
because she is beautiful to look at.”
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| Latin | clementine | Clementine Latin Vulgate | Qui cum interrogaretur a viris loci illius super uxore sua, respondit : Soror mea est : timuerat enim confiteri quod sibi esset sociata conjugio, reputans ne forte interficerent eum propter illius pulchritudinem. |