Avram and Nachor took wives. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife, Milkah, the daughter of Charan who was also the father of Yiskah.
Genesis 12:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.* 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. |
Avram and Nachor took wives. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife, Milkah, the daughter of Charan who was also the father of Yiskah.
It happened that when Avram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Avraham said about Sarah his wife, *She is my sister.* Avimelekh king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.*
The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, *She is my sister,* for he was afraid to say, *My wife,* lest, he thought, *the men of the place might kill me for Rivka, because she is beautiful to look at.*
Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my shalom even of long time, and you don't fear me?
Then said Yirmeyahu to Tzidkiyahu, Thus says the LORD, the God Tzeva'ot, the God of Yisra'el: If you will go forth to the king of Bavel's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.
But Yirmeyahu said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.
for which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.