Genesis 12:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² “And it shall be, when the Mitsrites see you, that they shall say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they shall kill me, but let you live.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² therefore 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² So when the Egyptians see you, they will say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² and 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.

Common English Bible

¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife,’ and they will kill me but let you live.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'She is his wife.' And they will put me to death, and retain you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife. And they will kill me, and keep thee.

Genesis 12:12 Cross References

Genesis 20:11

And Aḇraham said, “Only because I said to myself, the fear of Elohim is not in this place, and they shall kill me for the sake of my wife.

Genesis 26:7

And when the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me for Riḇqah, because she is good-looking.”

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in יהוה is set on high.

Matthew 10:28

“And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the being. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both being and body in GĕHinnom.

1 Samuel 27:1

And Dawiḏ said in his heart, “Now I shall perish by the hand of Sha’ul, some day. There is naught better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Sha’ul shall give up searching for me any longer in any part of Yisra’ĕl, and I shall escape out of his hand.”