Genesis 12:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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.

Genesis 12:12

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.