Gen 12:13 | TNotes | STEP | 12:13 tell them you are my sister: This request occurs three times in Genesis (see also 20:2 ; 26:7 ). The text explains that this was Abram’s usual strategy (20:13 ), and his son did likewise. This first occasion was outside the land, the second (ch 20 ) within, showing that God protected his promise in both regions.

‏ Genesis 12:13

12:13 ^a tell them you are my sister: This request occurs three times in Genesis (see also 20:2 ^b; 26:7 ^c). The text explains that this was Abram’s usual strategy (20:13 ^d), and his son did likewise. This first occasion was outside the land, the second (ch 20 ^e) within, showing that God protected his promise in both regions.