Genesis 12:13

Good News Translation

Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:29

Abram married Sarai, and Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.

Genesis 12:14

When he crossed the border into Egypt, the Egyptians did see that his wife was beautiful.

Genesis 20:2

he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Genesis 20:5

Abraham himself said that she was his sister, and she said the same thing. I did this with a clear conscience, and I have done no wrong.”

Genesis 26:7

When the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful.

Isaiah 57:11

The Lord says, “Who are these gods that make you afraid, so that you tell me lies and forget me completely? Have you stopped honoring me because I have kept silent for so long?

Jeremiah 38:17

Then I told Zedekiah that the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, “If you surrender to the king of Babylonia's officers, your life will be spared, and this city will not be burned down. Both you and your family will be spared.

Jeremiah 38:20

I said, “You will not be handed over to them. I beg you to obey the Lord's message; then all will go well with you, and your life will be spared.

Ezekiel 18:4

The life of every person belongs to me, the life of the parent as well as that of the child. The person who sins is the one who will die.

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Romans 6:23

For sin pays its wage—death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

Colossians 3:6

Because of such things God's anger will come upon those who do not obey him.