Genesis 12:11-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹¹ It came about when he ^[a]came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a ^[b](A)beautiful woman; ^12 (B)and when the Egyptians see you, 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 ^[c](D)I may live on account of you.” ¹⁴ It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians ^[d]saw that the woman was very beautiful. ¹⁵ Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and ^(E)the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. ¹⁶ Therefore ^(F)he treated Abram well for her sake; and ^[e](G)gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.

¹⁷ But the Lord ^(H)struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. ¹⁸ Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “^(I)What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? ¹⁹ Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, ^[f]here is your wife, take her and go.”