NET Bible
"As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman."
— Genesis 12:11, NET Bible
“And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:”
“And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: ”
“It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.”
“And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:”
“Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;”
“And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:”
Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.
Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev.
The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.
When the Egyptians see you they will say,‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.
So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.