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What does Genesis 12:11 mean?
"When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at."
— Genesis 12:11 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on Yahweh’s name.
Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.
There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
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.”
When Abram had come into Egypt, Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
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