Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 12:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Say, I beg of you, that you are my sister, so that it may go well with me for your sake and my life will be spared because of you. 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. Common English Bible So tell them you are my sister so that they will treat me well for your sake, and I will survive because of you.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake. |
Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Abraham said about his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Didn’t he himself say to me, “She is my sister”? And she herself said, “He is my brother.” I did this with a clear conscience and clean hands.’
When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, ‘She is my sister,’ for he was afraid to say ‘my wife’, thinking, ‘The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.’
Who was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and didn’t remember me or take it to heart? I have kept silent for a long time, haven’t I? , So you do not fear me.
Jeremiah therefore said to Zedekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “If indeed you surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned, and you and your household will survive.
‘They will not hand you over,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘Obey the Lord in what I am telling you, so that it may go well for you and you can live.
Look, every life belongs to me. The life of the father is like the life of the son #– #both belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.