“Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 12 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.