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.


In Context

9 Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.

10 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

11 It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, |See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.

12 It 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.

13 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.|

14 It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.