13 (A)Please say you are my (B)sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that [a]I may live because of you.”

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  1. Genesis 12:13 Lit. my soul

13 Say you are my sister,(A) so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

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Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, (A)“She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and (B)took Sarah.

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and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.(A)” Then Abimelek(B) king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.(C)

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12 But indeed (A)she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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12 Besides, she really is my sister,(A) the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

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13 And it came to pass, when (A)God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, (B)say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

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13 And when God had me wander(A) from my father’s household,(B) I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

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