Genesis 12:13

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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.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.”

In other translations

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.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.”

Hebrew words

אִמְרִי־'imri-sayH559נָאna'pleaseH4994אֲחֹתִי'achoti[are] sister myH269אָתְּ'atyouH859לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616יִיטַב־yitav-it may go wellH3190לִיlifor <the> meבַעֲבוּרֵךְva'avurekhfor sake of youH5668וְחָיְתָהvechayetahand it will liveH2421נַפְשִׁיnafshilife myH5315בִּגְלָלֵךְ׃biglalekhon account of youH1558

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

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