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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 12, Verse 14

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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.
King James Version
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
New English Translation
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
World English Bible
It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
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The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
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And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
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And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
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And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?
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Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.
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And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
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And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
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And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
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And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
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Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.