Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 12:13
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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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Genesis 12
11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
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.”
14 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
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