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Genesis 12:13

Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

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In The King James Version

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

In Context

12And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

14And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:12And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

Psalms 146:3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Jeremiah 17:5This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.

Matthew 26:69Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

Romans 3:6In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:11-14

Abram's Removal into Egypt. ( b. c. 1920.) 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee,… Read the whole commentary →

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