Genesis 12:13

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

American Standard Version

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 it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very 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 moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

Matthew 26:69Now Peter was sitting without in the court: and a maid came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean.

Romans 3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge 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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