Genesis 12:12

12:12 When the Egyptians see you they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive. ¹ 

Genesis 20:11

20:11 Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ²  ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of ³  my wife.’

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¹ tn The Piel of the verb חָיָה (khayah, “to live”) means “to keep alive, to preserve alive,” and in some places “to make alive.” See D. Marcus, “The Verb ‘to Live’ in Ugaritic,” JSS 17 (1972): 76-82.

² tn Heb “Because I said.”

³ tn Heb “over the matter of.”