And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
De plus, il est vrai qu'elle est ma soeur, fille de mon père; seulement, elle n'est pas fille de ma mère; et elle est devenue ma femme.
KJV
And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Philo Judaeus
De Ebrietate
γενεᾶς ἀμέτοχος. εἶπε γάρ πού τις· „καὶ γὰρ ἀληθῶς ἀδελφή μού ἐστιν ἐκ πατρός, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐκ μητρός“ (Gen. 20, 12)· οὐ γὰρ ἐξ ὕλης τῆς αἰσθητῆς συνισταμένης ἀεὶ καὶ λυομένης, ἣν μητέρα καὶ τροφὸν καὶ τιθήνην τῶν ποιητῶν ἔφασαν, οἷς πρώτοις σοφίας ἀνεβλάστησεν ἔρνος, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ πάν…
Philo Judaeus
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
μόνου γεννηθεῖσα ἡ ἀμήτωρ ἀρχή· „ἀληθῶς" γάρ φησιν „ἀδελφή μού ἐστιν ἐκ πατρός, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐκ μητρός" (Gen. 20, 12). Ἃ μὲν οὖν ἦν ἀναγκαῖον προακοῦσαι, διεπτύξαμεν· καὶ γὰρ εἶχεν ἀσάφειαν ἡ πρότασις αἰνιγματώδη. τί δὲ ὁ φιλομαθὴς ζητεῖ, διερμηνευτέον ἀκριβέστερον· μήποτ’ οὖν ἐστι τ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ne says (QQ. Super. Gen. xxvi; Contra Mend. x; Contra Faust. xxii). Wherefore Abraham himself said ( Gn. 20:12 ): "She is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother," being related to him on his father's side. Jacob's assertion that he was Esau,…
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