Genesis 20:13

American Standard Version

and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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Genesis 20:13 in other translations

When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

Genesis 20:13 · World English Bible

Genesis 20:13 in context

  1. 11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
  2. 12And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:
  3. 13and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
  4. 14And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
  5. 15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.