12. When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live.
13. Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well.”
14. When he crossed the border into Egypt, the Egyptians did see that his wife was beautiful.
15. Some of the court officials saw her and told the king how beautiful she was; so she was taken to his palace.