Genesis 12:13
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.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- נָאnâʼ'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to int
- מַעַןmaʻanproperly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim)
- יָטַבyâṭabto be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successf
- אָחוֹתʼâchôwtha sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
- חָיָהchâyâhto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 26:7, Gen 20:2, Gen 20:12–13, Gen 20:5, Ezk 18:4, Jer 17:5–8, Gen 11:29, Psa 146:3–5