Genesis 12:13

Genesis chapter 12 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.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.

v.13This passage

v.14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
Genesis 26:7
and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, My wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.