Genesis 12:13

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Genesis 12:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

13 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.”

14 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

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