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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 12:12 Catholic Bible: When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/genesis/12-12.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/genesis/12-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/genesis/12-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/1.htm">Genesis</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/12.htm">Chapter 12</a> > Verse 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/12-11.htm" title="Genesis 12:11">◄</a> Genesis 12:12 <a href="../genesis/12-13.htm" title="Genesis 12:13">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/genesis/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/genesis/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; then they will kill me, but they will let you live.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/genesis/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When the Egyptians see you, they will murder me because I am your husband. But they won't kill you. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife’; then they will kill me, but let you live.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/genesis/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.</p><p class="hdg">will kill.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/20-11.htm">Genesis 20:11</a> 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/26-7.htm">Genesis 26:7</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/27-1.htm">1 Samuel 27:1</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/29-25.htm">Proverbs 29:25</a> He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/10-28.htm">Matthew 10:28</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_john/1-8.htm">1 John 1:8-10</a> If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/genesis/12.htm">Abram and Sarai in Egypt</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman: <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl">And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.</span><span class="reftext">13</span>Say, 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.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/20-11.htm">Genesis 20:11</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/29-25.htm">Proverbs 29:25</a></span><br />He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/12-11.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/genesis/4-15.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/genesis/12-10.htm">Live</a> <a href="/revelation/13-17.htm">Save</a> <a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/genesis/4-15.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/genesis/12-11.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/16-13.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/12-14.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/12-14.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/genesis/12-13.htm">Live</a> <a href="/genesis/14-24.htm">Save</a> <a href="/genesis/20-11.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/genesis/12-17.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/genesis/12-12.htm">Genesis 12:12 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and but Egyptians his is kill let live me say see the Then they This When wife will you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/12-12.htm">OT Law: Genesis 12:12 It will happen when the Egyptians will (Gen. 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