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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:13

Abraham and carnal policy. "Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that it may be well with me.' These words were partially true ( Genesis 11:20 ). Abraham had real ground for saying that Sarah was his sister, but he hid the fact that she was his wife. He asked her to consent to an equivocal statement and to repeat it. I. CONTEMPLATE THE NATURE OF CARNAL POLICY . A truth which is part a lie is ever a dangerous lie. The temptation to this carnal policy came Possibly... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 12:10-20

- XXXVIII. Abram in Egypt15. פרעה par‛oh, Par‘oh, “ouro.” Coptic for “king,” with the masculine article pi. or p. P-ouro, “the king.” If we separate the article p. from the Hebrew form, we have רעה re‛oh for king, which may be compared with רעה ro‛eh, “pastor, leader,” and the Latin rex, king. This is the common title of the Egyptian sovereigns, to which we have the personal name occasionally added, as Pharaoh-Necho, Pharaoh-Hophrah.Genesis 12:10This first visit of Abram to Mizraim, or Egypt,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:13

Genesis 12:13. Say thou art my sister The grace Abram was most eminent for was faith, and yet he thus fell through unbelief and distrust of the divine providence, even after God had appeared to him twice! “Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall.” read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:10-20

Journey to Egypt and return (12:10-13:18)A long drought in Canaan must have caused Abram to wonder just how reliable this promised land was. In the end he journeyed to Egypt in search of better pastures (10).Fearing that the Egyptians would kill him in order to take his beautiful wife, he preserved himself by saying she was his sister. This was half true, because Sarai was a daughter of Terah by another wife (see 20:12); but Abram and Sarai did wrong in telling only half the truth in order to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 12:12

see thee. In Egypt the women went unveiled. kill me. Satan's next assault, working on Abraham's fear. If God had not interfered (Genesis 12:17 ), where would His promise have been? (Genesis 3:15 ; Genesis 12:7 ; Genesis 13:15 , &c.) See App-23 and App-25 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 12:13

sister. See note on Genesis 20:12 and App-29 . This was not a lie, Sarai was his half-sister (Genesis 20:12 ). my soul = I, myself. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13 . Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:11-13

"And it came to pass, that when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold, now I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee."This was no imaginary danger that Abram confronted; but the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:11

Genesis 12:11. He said unto Sarai his wife, &c.— "Sarai," says Mr. Locke, "was then sixty-five, as Abram was seventy-five, she being ten years younger than he."—"And though at this age," Mr. Le Clerc observes, "the beauty of women is seldom very tempting; yet as in these ages they were longer-lived, so was their beauty more durable." Her fair complexion too, it has been observed, might render her more amiable than the swarthy AEgyptians. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:12

Genesis 12:12. They will kill me, &c.— Abram, it is plain, had a very bad opinion of the AEgyptians, for which most probably he had good grounds: he knew them to be libidinous to an extreme degree, and consequently ready to commit the most atrocious crimes, in order to gratify their lust. And, from Gen 12:15 it appears, that he was not much mistaken: a handsome woman could no sooner make her appearance, than the princes of the king report it to him, and he immediately seizes her. "In these... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:13

Genesis 12:13. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, &c.— See the notes on ch. 20: where this conduct of Abram is distinctly considered. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 12:10-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:10-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 12:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 12:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:11-13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:13

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