They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “See, in the tent.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
- BSB “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
- NKJV Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, in the tent.”
- NASB Then they said to him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” And he said, “There, in the tent.”
- NLT “Where is Sarah, your wife?” the visitors asked. “She’s inside the tent,” Abraham replied.
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Cross-references · 4
- Titus 2:5to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.
- Gen 4:9Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
- Gen 24:67Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Gen 31:33Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
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