Genesis 12:13 - Modern English Version

¹³ Say you are my sister so that I may be treated well for your sake. Then my life will be spared because of you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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

¹³ 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)

¹³ 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

¹³ 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

¹³ 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."

Genesis 12:13 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 11:29

Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milkah and the father of Iskah.

Genesis 12:14

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.

Genesis 20:2

Then Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for her and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:5

Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and did not even she herself say, ‘He is my brother’? In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this.”

Genesis 26:7

The men of the place asked him about his wife. And he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” thinking, “The men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful in appearance.”

Isaiah 57:11

Of whom were you afraid or fearful when you lied and you did not remember Me, nor give Me a thought? Have I not held My peace for a long time so that you do not fear Me?

Jeremiah 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then your soul will live and this city will not be burned with fire. Thus you and your household will live.

Jeremiah 38:20

But Jeremiah said, “They will not deliver you. Please obey the voice of the Lord which I speak to you, so it will be well with you and your soul will live.

Ezekiel 18:4

Behold, all souls are Mine. As the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins shall die.

John 8:44

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 does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Colossians 3:6

Because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.