¹² Besides, she really is my sister,^(A) the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. ¹³ And when God had me wander^(B) from my father’s household,^(C) I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

⁷ When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,^(A)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”