It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
Genesis 20:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Avraham said, *Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.' Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no reverence or fear of God at all in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife. American Standard Version (1901) And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. Common English Bible Abraham said, “I thought to myself, No one reveres God here and they will kill me to get my wife. Catholic Public Domain Version Abraham responded: "I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
Avimelekh said to Avraham, *What did you see, that you have done this thing?*
Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
He said, *Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.*
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.*
Yosef said to them the third day, *Do this, and live, for I fear God.
But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
There was a man in the land of `Utz, whose name was Iyov. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'*
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on the LORD?
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.