Genesis 12:13

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

14And it came to pass, when Abram was come into Egypt, that 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 the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:12And yet indeed 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 trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Jeremiah 17:5Thus hath said the Lord, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and placeth on flesh his dependence, while from the Lord his heart departeth.

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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