Verse 11
Genesis 12:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֕י כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִקְרִ֖יב לָ/ב֣וֹא מִצְרָ֑יְמָ/ה וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל שָׂרַ֣י אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ הִנֵּה נָ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֛י אִשָּׁ֥ה יְפַת מַרְאֶ֖ה אָֽתְּ
English Translation
And it came to pass when he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman."
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Chapter 12 Context
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And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt...
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I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred...
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So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years...
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And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance which they had gathered...
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Abram passed through the country into the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaan...
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And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built the...
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And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his...
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And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south.
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And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the fa...
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And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautifu...
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Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my...
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And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful.
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And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of P...
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And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and he asses, and menservants and...
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But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.
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And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not...
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