¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

¹³ Say you are my sister,^(A) so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

⁸ But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,^(A) how can I know^(B) that I will gain possession of it?”^(C)

¹² So Sarah laughed^(A) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord^(B) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

¹³ Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’^{(C) 14} Is anything too hard for the Lord?^(D) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,^(E) and Sarah will have a son.”^(F)

Lot and His Daughters

³⁰ Lot and his two daughters left Zoar^(A) and settled in the mountains,^(B) for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.

² and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.^(A)” Then Abimelek^(B) king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.^(C)

¹¹ Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God^(A) in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’^(B)

⁷ When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,^(A)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”