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


In Context

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.

15 And when Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.

Genesis 12:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Say, 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Say, 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13Say, 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Say, 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13Say, 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13Please 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13say, 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.