Genesis 12:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

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

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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

1 Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

Genesis 26:7

And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister; for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would like him because of her beauty.

Proverbs 29:25

Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.

Matthew 10:28

6 And as a man's enemies shall be they of his own household.

1 Samuel 27:1

Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day.