Parallel Verses

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."

New American Standard Bible

Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.”

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.”

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.

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 my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you.”

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נא 
Na' 
now, I beseech ..., I pray ..., Oh, go to
Usage: 403

thou art my sister
אחות 
'achowth 
Usage: 114

מען 
Ma`an 
that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent
Usage: 271

it may be well
יטב 
Yatab 
Usage: 115

with me for thy sake and my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

חיה 
Chayah 
Usage: 264

References

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Abram In Egypt

12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, "She is his wife.' Then they'll kill me, but allow you to live. 13 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." 14 As Abram was entering Egypt, the Egyptians noticed how beautiful Sarai was.



Cross References

Genesis 20:2

because Abraham kept saying about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister," King Abimelech of Gerar summoned them and took Sarah into his household.

Genesis 26:7

Later on, the men of that place asked about his wife, so he replied, "She's my sister," because he was afraid to call her "my wife." He kept thinking, ""otherwise, the men around here will kill me on account of Rebekah, since she's very beautiful."

Genesis 20:5

Didn't he say to me, "She's my sister'? And she also said, "He's my brother.' I did this with pure intentions and clean hands."

Genesis 11:29

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Genesis 20:12-13

Besides, she really is my sister she's my father's daughter, but not my mother's daughter so she could become my wife.

Psalm 146:3-5

Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.

Isaiah 57:11

"Whom did you so dread and while you feared me that you lied, and you did not remember me, and did not lay to heart these things? Haven't I remained silent for a long time, and still you don't fear me?"

Jeremiah 17:5-8

This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Ezekiel 18:4

Look! Every living soul belongs to me the father's as well as the son's. So pay attention! The person who keeps on sinning is going to die."

Matthew 26:69-75

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean."

John 8:44

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Romans 3:6-8

Of course not! Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord.

Galatians 2:12-13

Until some men arrived from James, he was in the habit of eating with the gentiles, but after those men came, he withdrew from the gentiles and would not associate with them any longer, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

Colossians 3:6

It is because of these things that the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.

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