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.|


In Context

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.

15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

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 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.