So tell people that you are my sister. Then they will not kill me. They will think I am your brother, and they will be kind to me. In this way, you will save my life.”
Genesis 12:14 - Easy To Read Version So Abram went into Egypt. The men of Egypt saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. Common English Bible When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw how beautiful his wife was. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful. |
So tell people that you are my sister. Then they will not kill me. They will think I am your brother, and they will be kind to me. In this way, you will save my life.”
Some of the Egyptian leaders saw her also. They told Pharaoh that she was a very beautiful woman. Those leaders took Sarai to Pharaoh’s home.
The woman saw the tree was beautiful. She saw the fruit was good to eat. And it was exciting that the tree would make her wise. So the woman took fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some of the fruit to him and he ate it.
After some time, the wife of Joseph’s master began to like Joseph. One day she said to him, “Sleep with me.”
But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.