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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Quand les Egyptiens te verront, ils diront: C'est sa femme! Et ils me tueront, et te laisseront la vie.
KJV
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Yet they were influenced by fear, since on account of fear each said that his wife was his sister ( Gn. 12:12 ; 26:7). Further, wherever there is mixed violence, it is fear that compels. But however constant a man may be he may suffer violence of that kind, for if he be on the se…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 198 (Migne)
ecuritatem Joseph, timente eo Archelaum filium ejus. VI. Sed nec abs re, de quo superius diximus (Gen. XII, 12) , descensio ejus in Aegyptum, timente eo, ne cum viderent Aegyptii Sarai tam pulchram esse, eam ejus uxorem esse asserant, ipsumque occidant. Et ideo persuasit ei, u…
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