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NASB					Gen 12:13 "Please⁴⁹⁹⁴ say⁵⁵⁹ that you are ^Amy sister²⁶⁹ so⁴⁶¹⁶ that it may go³¹⁹⁰ well³¹⁹⁰ with me because⁵⁶⁶⁸ of you, and that ¹ ^BI may live^2421a on account¹⁵⁵⁸ of you."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 12:13 "Please tell them that you are ¹my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you."

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Lit my soul

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Sarai was Abraham's half sister. They had the same father, but different mothers (Gen 20:12).

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Gen 20:2 Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Jer 38:17 ¶ Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, 'If you will indeed go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will survive.

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269

achoth (27d); from the same as 251; sister:--another(2), other(1), sister(89), sister of your sisters(1), sister's(5), sisters(10).

559

amar (55c); a prim. root; to utter, say:--address(1), advised(1), answer(2), answered(50), answers(1), ask(2), asked(4), asking(1), Asserting(1), assigned(1), call(2), called(4), command(1), commanded(14), commanded to say(1), commands(3), consider(1), continued(2), decided(2), declare*(1), declared(2), declared*(1), declares(1), demonstrates(1), designate(1), desired(1), follows(2), gave an order(2), gave the order(2), gave orders(2), indeed say(1), informed(1), intend(2), intended(1), intending(1), meditate(1), mentioned(1), name(1), namely(2), news(1), ordered(6), plainly says(1), promised(6), proposing(2), really thought(1), repeated*(1), replied*(1), requested(1), resolved(3), responded*(7), said(2766), said*(2), say(601), saying(862), saying*(1), says(594), sent word(1), speak(29), speak to you saying(1), speaking(2), speaks(2), specifically say(1), specified(1), spoke(77), spoken(15), still say(1), suppose(1), tell(23), telling(2), tells(1), think(1), thinking(2), thought(17), told(25), utters(1), vaunt(1).

1558

galal (164b); from an unused word; an account:--account(6), because(3), because*(1).

2421a

chayah (310d); a prim. root; to live:--alive(3), alive should not live(1), came to life(1), come to life(3), come alive(1), give life(2), gives me life(1), healed(1), keep(1), keep him alive(1), keep his alive(1), keep the alive(1), keep them alive(4), keep you alive(1), keep alive(3), keep...alive(2), kept me alive(1), kept alive(1), leave(2), leave alive(1), live(120), lived(42), lives(5), make alive(1), makes alive(1), nourished(1), preserve(3), preserve his life(1), preserve...alive(1), preserves the lives(1), raise(1), recover(4), recovered(1), recovery(1), remained alive(1), repaired(1), restored to life(4), revive(20), revived(6), save(2), save his life(1), saved(1), saved our lives(1), saving(1), spare(3), spared(2), stay alive(1), surely live(9), surely recover(2), survival(1), survive(2), survived(1).

3190

yatab (405c); a prim. root; to be good, well, glad, or pleasing:--adorned(1), amend(3), better(3), better he made(1), bless(1), celebrating*(1), deals well(1), do(1), do it well(1), do them good(1), do them good(1), do you good(1), do good(1), do good(12), do well(3), do...good(1), does(1), does...good(1), done good(1), done well(1), found favor(1), glad(1), go well(6), goes well(1), good(1), good(2), good that i do(1), good reason(3), happy(1), joyful(1), make(1), makes a cheerful(1), makes...acceptable(1), merry(3), pleasant(1), please(1), please the better(1), pleased(2), pleased*(9), pleases*(1), pleasing(2), prosper(4), reform(1), seemed good(2), seemed reasonable(1), seems(1), seems best(1), seems good(1), shown(1), skillfully(2), stately(2), surely prosper(1), thoroughly(4), treat you better(1), treated...well(1), trims(1), truly amend(1), very(1), very small(1), well(13), well you prepare(1).

4616

maan (775a); from 6030a; purpose, intent:--account(1), because(14), behalf(1), order(40), purpose(2), reason is so(1), sake(50), so(54), therefore(1), this reason(1).

4994

na (609a); a prim. particle of entreaty or exhortation; I (we) pray, now:--Ah(2), beg(1), beseech(1), come(3), implore(1), may(1), now(159), O(2), O may(1), Oh(10), Oh may(2), please(181), please*(1), pray(16).

5668

abur or
abur (721a); from 5674a; for the sake of, on account of, so that:--account(9), because(8), order(5), reason(1), sake(10), so(7), while(1).

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