Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Say, I pray thee, thou are my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.
New American Standard Bible
Please say that you are
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.”
International Standard Version
Please say that you are my sister, so things will go well for me for your sake. That way, you'll be saving my life."
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Please tell them that you are
Bible in Basic English
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
Darby Translation
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Say, now, thou my sister, that it shall be well to me because of thee, and my soul shall live by means of thee.
King James 2000
Say, I pray you, that you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Please say you are my sister so that it will go well for me on your account. {Then I will live} on account of you."
Modern King James verseion
I pray you, say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me for your sake. And my soul shall live because of you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say, I pray thee therefore, that thou art my sister; that I may fare the better by reason of thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake."
NET Bible
So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you."
New Heart English Bible
Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
The Emphasized Bible
Say, I beseech thee that my sister, art thou, - to the end it may be well with me for thy sake, so shall my soul be preserved alive because of thee.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
Youngs Literal Translation
say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'
Themes
Cowardice » Instances of » Abraham, in calling his wife his sister
Deception » Religious persons guilty of
Deception » Instances of » Abraham, in stating that sarah was his sister
Egyptians » Hospitality of, to abraham
Falsehood » Instances of » Abraham, in denying that sarah was his wife
Ignorance » Instances of punishment of sins of » Pharaoh
Marriage » Consanguinous, abraham and sarah
Sarah » Also called sarai » Near of kin to abraham
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Temptation to deceit, examples of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 12:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abram In Egypt
12 And it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou are my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Cross References
Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife, Lest, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon.
Genesis 20:5
Did he not himself say to me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.
Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives to themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 20:12-13
And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.
Psalm 146:3-5
Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Isaiah 57:11
And of whom have thou been afraid and in fear, that thou lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time, and thou do not fear me?
Jeremiah 17:5-8
Thus says LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from LORD.
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 that sins, it shall die.
Matthew 26:69-75
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one servant girl came to him, saying, Thou also were with Jesus the Galilean.
John 8:44
Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his
Romans 3:6-8
May it not happen! Otherwise how will God judge the world?
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Galatians 2:12-13
For before certain men came from James he ate together with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing men of circumcision.
Colossians 3:6
Because of which the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience,