Genesis 12:13
Say you are my sister, so that everything may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared.”
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In Context
14When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Serai was very beautiful.
Cross References
Genesis 20:2where he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Genesis 20:12Moreover, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father, though not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes mortals, in whom is no help.
Matthew 26:69Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed, “Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!”
Romans 3:6Otherwise how can 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 →