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Genesis 12:12-14

12Therefore it shall come to pass, when theEgyptiansהַמִּצְרִ֔יםha.mitz.RimH4713shallseeיִרְא֤וּyir.'UH7200thee, that they shallsayוְאָמְר֖וּve.'a.me.RuH559, This is hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֣וֹ'ish.ToH802: and they willkillוְהָרְג֥וּve.ha.re.GuH2026me, but they will save theealiveיְחַיּֽוּ׃ye.chai.YuH2421.

13Sayאִמְרִי־'im.ri-H559, I praytheeנָ֖אna'H4994, thou art mysisterאֲחֹ֣תִי'a.Cho.tiH269:thatלְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anH4616it may bewellיִֽיטַב־yi.tav-H3190with me for thy sake; and mysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315shallliveוְחָיְתָ֥הve.cha.ye.TahH2421because oftheeבִּגְלָלֵֽךְ׃big.la.LekhH1558.

14And it came to pass, that, whenAbramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87hadcomeכְּב֥וֹאke.Vo'H935intoEgyptמִצְרָ֑יְמָהmitz.Ra.ye.mahH4714, theEgyptiansהַמִּצְרִים֙ha.mitz.RimH4713beheldוַיִּרְא֤וּvai.yir.'UH7200thewomanהָ֣אִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.ShahH802that she wasveryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966fairיָפָ֥הya.FahH3303.

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