Genesis 12:13 “Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your…”

Genesis 12:13

Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, and that my life may be preserued by thee.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'

Bible in Basic English

Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

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Cross references

“Say”

John 8:44 Romans 3:6–8 Romans 6:23 Colossians 3:6

John 8:44 · BSB

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native langua…

Romans 3:6–8 · BSB

Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

Romans 6:23 · BSB

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Colossians 3:6 · BSB

Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

“thou”

Genesis 26:7 Genesis 20:2 Genesis 20:5 Genesis 11:29 Isaiah 57:11 Matthew 26:69–75

Genesis 26:7 · BSB

But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, becaus…

Genesis 20:2 · BSB

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Genesis 20:5 · BSB

Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

Genesis 11:29 · BSB

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Isaiah 57:11 · BSB

Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?

Matthew 26:69–75 · BSB

Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.

“and”

Jeremiah 17:5–8 Ezekiel 18:4 Psalm 146:3–5

Jeremiah 17:5–8 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

Ezekiel 18:4 · BSB

Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Psalm 146:3–5 · BSB

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

14So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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