Genesis 12:13 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Please say that you are my sister, so that things will go well with me because of you, and my life will be spared because of you.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Abraham is asking his wife Sarah to pretend to be his sister because he's afraid that if people know she's his wife, they might kill him to take her.

📚 Historical Context

Abraham and Sarah were traveling into Egypt during a famine in Canaan. In ancient cultures, it was common for powerful men to take beautiful women for their harems, often killing the husbands to avoid complications. Abraham feared that Pharaoh or his officials would kill him to take Sarah, who was very beautiful, so he devised this deceptive plan.

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