Genesis 12:13
Tell them you're my sister so I'll be treated well because of you, and my life will be spared for your sake.”
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12When the Egyptians see you, they'll say, ‘She's his wife,’ and they'll kill me but not you!
14When Abram arrived in Egypt, the people there saw how beautiful Sarai was.
Cross References
Genesis 20:2During his time there, when Abraham told people about his wife Sarah, he said, “She's my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her to become one of his wives.
Genesis 20:12“Anyway, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father but not my mother, and I married her.
Psalms 146:3Don't put your confidence in human leaders—they can't save you.
Jeremiah 17:5This is what the Lord says: Cursed are those who put their confidence in human beings, who trust in human strength and give up relying on the Lord.
Matthew 26:69Meanwhile Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came up to him, and said, “You, you were with Jesus the Galilean!”
Romans 3:6Of course not! How else could 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 →