Verse 12
Genesis 12:12
Young's Literal Translation
12
and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, 'This [is] his wife,' and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֗ה כִּֽי יִרְא֤וּ אֹתָ/ךְ֙ הַ/מִּצְרִ֔ים וְ/אָמְר֖וּ אִשְׁתּ֣/וֹ זֹ֑את וְ/הָרְג֥וּ אֹתִ֖/י וְ/אֹתָ֥/ךְ יְחַיּֽוּ
English Translation
And it shall be that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, "This is his wife," and they will kill me, but they will let you live.
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Chapter 12 Context
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And Jehovah saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the hou...
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And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessi...
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And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have...
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And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram [is] a son of...
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And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have g...
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And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaani...
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And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there a...
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And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (...
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And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
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10
And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the fami...
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and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, 'Lo,...
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and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, 'This [is] his wife,' and...
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say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath...
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And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that sh...
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and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh's h...
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and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-ser...
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And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife...
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And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, 'What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not de...
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Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife,...
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And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.
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