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Genesis 12:13

World English Bible

Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”

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Genesis 12:13 in other translations

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.

Genesis 12:13 · American Standard Version

Genesis 12:13 in context

  1. 11When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
  2. 12It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
  3. 13Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
  4. 14When Abram had come into Egypt, Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
  5. 15The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.