Genesis 12:12
Good News Translation
When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live.

New Revised Standard Version
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; then they will kill me, but they will let you live.

Contemporary English Version
When the Egyptians see you, they will murder me because I am your husband. But they won't kill you.

New American Bible
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife’; then they will kill me, but let you live.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.

will kill.

Genesis 20:11 Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

Genesis 26:7 And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister: for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would kill him because of her beauty.

1 Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart: I shall one day or other fall into the hands of Saul: is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands.

Proverbs 29:25 He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.

Matthew 10:28 And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. . . .

Context
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
11And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman: 12And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.13Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake.…
Cross References
Genesis 20:11
Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

Proverbs 29:25
He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.

Genesis 12:11
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