Genèse 12:11

11 Et comme il était près d'entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï sa femme: Voici, je sais que tu es une belle femme;

Genèse 12:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 12:11

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into
Egypt
Just entering into it, having travelled from the mountain between Bethel and Hai, two hundred and forty miles ^F16; or when he "caused to come near" ^F17, either his camp, as Aben Ezra supplies it, or his tent, or his family, as others:

that he said unto Sarai his wife, behold now, I know that thou art
a fair woman to look upon;
though sixty five years of age, being ten years younger than her husband, see ( Genesis 17:17 ) who was now seventy five years old, ( Genesis 12:4 ) yet might still be a fair woman, having a good complexion and comely features, and having never bore children, and especially she would be reckoned so among the Egyptians, whose women were of a blackish, sallow, swarthy complexion.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Travels of the Holy Patriarchs p. 56.
F17 (byrqh rvak) "quum admoveret, sub tentorium", so some in Vatablus; "familiam", Munster.

Genèse 12:11 In-Context

9 Puis Abram partit, marchant de campement en campement, vers le Midi.

10 Or il y eut une famine dans le pays, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner; car la famine était grande dans le pays.

11 Et comme il était près d'entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï sa femme: Voici, je sais que tu es une belle femme;

12 Et il arrivera que lorsque les Égyptiens t'auront vue, ils diront: C'est sa femme; et ils me tueront; mais ils te laisseront vivre.

13 Dis, je te prie, que tu es ma sœur, afin que je sois bien traité à cause de toi, et que j'aie la vie sauve grâce à toi.