Genesis 20

Genesis 20 read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew — plain modern English, nothing added. Translator's notes: • Genesis 20:13 — הִתְעוּ (hit'u): chose "made me wander". Alternatives: "caused me to wander", "led me astray". Why: the verb is plural in form though Elohim is its subject, a well-known grammatical puzzle in this verse; the rendering keeps the plain sense of wandering from place to place. • Genesis 20:16 — כְּסוּת עֵינַיִם (kesut einayim): chose "a covering of the eyes". Alternatives: "a covering for the eyes", understood as compensation that closes others' eyes to the matter. Why: the phrase is an idiom whose exact force is debated; the literal words are kept and the vindication that follows in the verse carries the sense.