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11 And it happened as he drew near to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Now behold, I know that you are a woman (A)beautiful in appearance; 12 (B)and it will be when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Please say that you are (C)my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that [a](D)I may live on account of you.”

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  1. Genesis 12:13 Lit my soul

12 Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

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Then the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, “(A)She is my sister,” for he was (B)afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is (C)beautiful in appearance.”

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