¹¹ As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,^(A) “I know what a beautiful woman^(B) you are. ¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. ¹³ Say you are my sister,^(C) so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

¹² Besides, she really is my sister,^(A) the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

⁷ When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,^(A)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”