12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.


In Context

9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know what a beautiful woman you are.

12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.

13 Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 12:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:12Therefore 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:12And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:12and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12And it will come to pass when the Egyptians see thee, that they will say, She is his wife; and they will slay me, and save thee alive.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:12and 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12Therefore it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, 'This is his wife,' and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.