Genesis 12:12

NETBible	When the Egyptians see you they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.¹
NIV © biblegateway Gen 12:12	When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 12:12	and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 12:12	When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife. Let’s kill him; then we can have her!’
MSG © biblegateway Gen 12:12	When the Egyptians see you they're going to say, 'Aha! That's his wife!' and kill me. But they'll let you live.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 12:12	And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 12:12	and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; then they will kill me, but they will let you live.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 12:12	"Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.
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KJV	Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians <04713> shall see <07200> (8799) thee, that they shall say <0559> (8804)_, This [is] his wife <0802>_: and they will kill <02026> (8804) me, but they will save thee alive <02421> (8762)_.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 12:12	and when <03588> the Egyptians <04713> see <07200> you, they will say <0559> , 'This <02088> is his wife <0802> '; and they will kill <02026> me, but they will let you live <02421> .
LXXM	estai <1510> V-FMI-3S oun <3767> PRT wv <3739> CONJ an <302> PRT idwsin <3708> V-AAS-3P se <4771> P-AS oi <3588> T-NPM aiguptioi <124> N-NPM erousin {V-FAI-3P} oti <3754> CONJ gunh <1135> N-NSF autou <846> D-GSM auth <3778> D-NSF kai <2532> CONJ apoktenousin <615> V-FAI-3P me <1473> P-AS se <4771> P-AS de <1161> PRT peripoihsontai {V-FMI-3P}
NET [draft] ITL	When <03588> the Egyptians <04713> see <07200> you they will say <0559> , ‘This <02063> is his wife <0802> .’ Then they will kill <02026> me but will keep <02421> you alive <02421> .
HEBREW	wyxy <02421> Ktaw <0853> yta <0853> wgrhw <02026> taz <02063> wtsa <0802> wrmaw <0559> Myrumh <04713> Kta <0853> wary <07200> yk <03588> hyhw (12:12) <01961>


NETBible	When the Egyptians see you they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.¹
NET Notes	¹tn The Piel of the verb חָיָה (khayah, “to live”) means “to keep alive, to preserve alive,” and in some places “to make alive.” See D. Marcus, “The Verb ‘to Live’ in Ugaritic,” JSS 17 (1972): 76-82.