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OET (OET-LV) To/for_why did_you_say sister_my she and_took DOM_her/it to_me to/for_(a)_woman and_now here wife_your take_[her] and_go.
OET (OET-RV) Why did you say, ‘She’s my sister,’ so that I took her in as a wife? Now then, here’s your wife. Take her and get out of here.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֨רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא
to/for,why? say sister,my who/which
Pharaoh uses this rhetorical question to scold Abram and express his anger at him. Consider what is the best way to do that in your language. Also consider whether it is better in your language to translate this embedded quote as a direct or indirect quote. Alternate translation: “Why did you say that she is your sister,” or “You should not have pretended that she is your sister,”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ לִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה
and,took DOM=her/it to=me to/for=(a)_woman
For some languages it is clearer and more natural to begin a new sentence here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “so that I chose her to be a wife!” or “I believed you and took her to be my wife!”
וְעַתָּ֕ה
and=now
Alternate translation: “Now therefore,”
הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֖
see/lo/see! wife,your
Alternate translation: “here is your wife back.”
12:10-20 This episode shows that God would not allow Abram to jeopardize his promises. Just after Abram’s obedience to the call, a famine tested his weak faith. God delivered him and his family, even though Abram foolishly used deception rather than trusting in God to preserve him in Egypt.
• This story deliberately parallels Israel’s later bondage in Egypt. Because of a famine (Gen 12:10 // Gen 47:13), Abram/Israel went to Egypt (Gen 12:10 // Gen 47:27); there was an attempt to kill the males and save the females (Gen 12:12 // Exod 1:22); God plagued Egypt (Gen 12:17 // Exod 7:14–11:10); Abram/Israel plundered Egypt (Gen 12:16 // Exod 12:35-36); they were expelled (Hebrew shalakh, “send”; Gen 12:19-20 // Exod 12:31-33) and ascended to the Negev (Gen 13:1 // Num 13:17, 22). Israel was to believe that God would deliver them from bondage in Egypt through the plagues because their ancestor had already been rescued from bondage in Egypt.
OET (OET-LV) To/for_why did_you_say sister_my she and_took DOM_her/it to_me to/for_(a)_woman and_now here wife_your take_[her] and_go.
OET (OET-RV) Why did you say, ‘She’s my sister,’ so that I took her in as a wife? Now then, here’s your wife. Take her and get out of here.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.