Genesis 12:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.””
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“Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“say, I pray thee, thou <FI>art<Fi> my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 12:13 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- Genesis 20:2Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
- Genesis 20:5Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
- Genesis 20:12Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
- Genesis 26:7But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
- Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Isaiah 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
- Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
- Matthew 26:69Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
- John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Romans 3:6Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Galatians 2:12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
- Colossians 3:6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
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