Berean Standard Bible
“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.””
Famine has driven Abram down to Egypt, and as they approach, he worries that the Egyptians will kill him in order to take his beautiful wife. It is one of the Bible's frankest portraits of a patriarch failing in fear.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.”
World English Bible (WEB)
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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Ahora pues, di que eres mi hermana, para que yo haya bien por causa tuya, y viva mi alma por amor de ti.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Pero si dices que eres mi hermana, los egipcios me tratarán bien debido a su interés por ti, y me dejarán con vida».
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