Génesis 20:12

12 Y a la verdad también es mi hermana, hija de mi padre, mas no hija de mi madre, y la tomé por mujer

Génesis 20:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 20:12

And yet indeed [she is] my sister
In the same sense as Lot was his brother; for she was sister to Lot, and both were the children of Haran, the brother of Abraham: she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother;
she was the daughter of his father, being his granddaughter, grandchildren are sometimes called children, but not the daughter or granddaughter of Abraham's mother; Terah having had two wives, by the one he had Haran, the father of Sarah, and by the other Abraham. According to the Arabic writers ^F6, Abraham and Sarah were the immediate children of Terah, but by two mothers:

``the mother of Abraham (they say) died, whose name was Juna, and Terah married another wife, whose name was Lahazib, some say Tahuitha, who bore him Sarah, afterwards married to Abraham; hence Abraham said, she is my sister on my father's side, but not on my mother's side:''

and she became my wife;
as in those times it was judged lawful, and so it has been accounted lawful in many nations to marry sisters on the father's side, when those on the mother's were prohibited ^F7.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Elmacinus, p. 51. Patricides, p. 17. apud Hottinger. Smegma Oriental. p. 281.
F7 Vid. Philo. de Special. Leg. p. 779. Clement. Alex. Stromat. l. 2. p. 421.

Génesis 20:12 In-Context

10 Y dijo más Abimelec a Abraham: ¿Qué viste para que hicieras esto

11 Y Abraham respondió: Porque dije para mí: Cierto no hay temor de Dios en este lugar, y me matarán por causa de mi mujer

12 Y a la verdad también es mi hermana, hija de mi padre, mas no hija de mi madre, y la tomé por mujer

13 Y fue que, cuando Dios me hizo salir errante de la casa de mi padre, yo le dije: Esta es la misericordia que tú me harás, que en todos los lugares donde llegáremos, digas de mí: Mi hermano es

14 Entonces Abimelec tomó ovejas y vacas, y siervos y siervas, y se los dio a Abraham, y le devolvió a Sara su mujer