The Promise to Rahab
Joshua 2:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”
- KJV
- And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
- WEB
- and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.”
- ASV
- and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.
- LSV
- and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.”
- YLT
- and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.'
- DBY
- that ye will let my father live, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that belong to them, and deliver our souls from death.
- DRC
- That you will save my father and mother, my brethren and sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death.
- GNV
- And that yee will saue aliue my father and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they haue: and that yee will deliuer our soules from death.
- JPS
- and save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.'
- LXXE
- and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and ye shall rescue my soul from death.
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- Written (Ketiv): אַחוֹתַי (“sister my”). Read aloud (Qere): אַחְיוֹתַ֔י (“sisters my”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads אַחְוֹתַ֔י; read aloud (Qere) reads אַחְיוֹתַ֔י (“sisters my”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהַחֲיִתֶ֞ם אֶת־אָבִ֣י וְאֶת־אִמִּ֗י וְאֶת־אַחַי֙ וְאֶת־אחותי וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם וְהִצַּלְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ מִמָּֽוֶת׃Read aloud as (qere): אַחְיוֹתַ֔י
- LXX-Br
- καὶ ζωγρήσατε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρὸς μου, τὴν μητέρα μου, καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου, καὶ πάντα τὸν οἶκόν μου, καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐστὶν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐξελεῖσθε τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου.
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◆ Crossing the Jordan into Canaan
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