Genesis 12:13
Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful.
Cross References
Genesis 20:2And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Oerara sent, and took her.
Genesis 20:12Howbeit, 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.
Psalms 146:3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Matthew 26:69But Peter sat without in the court: and there came to him a servant maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean.
Romans 3:6(I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this 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 →