Comparison
Genesis 20
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara. | Profectus inde Abraham in terram australem, habitavit inter Cades et Sur: et peregrinatus est in Geraris. |
| 2 | And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her. | Dixitque de Sara uxore suo: Soror mea est. Misit ergo Abimelech rex Gerarae, et tulit eam. |
| 3 | And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a husband. | Venit autem Deus ad Abimelech per somnium nocte, et ait illi: En morieris propter mulierem quam tulisti: habet enim virum. |
| 4 | Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that is ignorant and just? | Abimelech vero non tetigerat eam, et ait: Domine, num gentem ignorantem et iustam interficies? |
| 5 | Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this. | nonne ipse dixit mihi: Soror mea est: et ipsa ait: Frater meus est? In simplicitate cordis mei, et munditia manuum mearum feci hoc. |
| 6 | And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her. | Dixitque ad eum Deus: Et ego scio quod simplici corde feceris: et ideo custodivi te ne peccares in me, et non dimisi ut tangeres eam. |
| 7 | Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine. | Nunc ergo redde viro suo uxorem, quia propheta est: et orabit pro te, et vives: si autem nolueris reddere, scito quod morte morieris tu, et omnia quae tua sunt. |
| 8 | And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid. | Statimque de nocte consurgens Abimelech, vocavit omnes servos suos: et locutus est universa verba haec in auribus eorum, timueruntque omnes viri valde. |
| 9 | And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do. | Vocavit autem Abimelech etiam Abraham, et dixit ei: Quid fecisti nobis? quid peccavimus in te, quia induxisti super me et super regnum meum peccatum grande? quae non debuisti facere, fecisti nobis. |
| 10 | And again he expostulated with him, and said, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this? | Rursumque expostulans, ait: Quid vidisti, ut hoc faceres? |
| 11 | Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife: | Respondit Abraham: Cogitavi mecum, dicens: Forsitan non est timor Dei in loco isto: et interficient me propter uxorem meam: |
| 12 | Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her to wife. | alias autem et vere soror mea est, filia patris mei, et non filia matris meae, et duxi eam in uxorem. |
| 13 | And after God brought me out of my father’s house, I said to her: Thou shalt do me this kindness: In every place, to which we shall come, thou shalt say that I am thy brother. | Postquam autem eduxit me Deus de domo patris mei, dixi ad eam: Hanc misericordiam facies mecum: in omni loco, ad quem ingrediemur, dices quod frater tuus sim. |
| 14 | And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara, his wife. | Tulit igitur Abimelech oves et boves, et servos et ancillas, et dedit Abraham: reddiditque illi Saram uxorem suam, |
| 15 | And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee. | et ait: Terra coram vobis est, ubicumque tibi placuerit habita. |
| 16 | And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken. | Sarae autem dixit: Ecce mille argenteos dedi fratri tuo, hoc erit tibi in velamen oculorum ad omnes qui tecum sunt, et quocumque perrexeris: mementoque te deprehensam. |
| 17 | And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children: | Orante autem Abraham, sanavit Deus Abimelech et uxorem, ancillasque eius, et pepererunt: |
| 18 | For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech on account of Sara, Abraham’s wife. | concluserat enim Dominus omnem vulvam domus Abimelech propter Saram uxorem Abrahae. |
