Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 12:13

13. Say I pray thee, thou art my Sister , that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

So she was, either 1. More generally, as his Niece: for Nephews and Nieces are in Scripture called Brethren and [illegible: 1 word] ▪ as Gen. 13. 8, 11. Or rather 2. Properly, (i. e.) by the fathers side, Gen. 20. 21. So this expression was true, but ambiguous▪ and intended to decieve the Egyptians, and therefore unwarrantable. And here Abram, the Father of the faithful, elsewhere celebrated for the strength of his faith, betrays his infirmity and distrust of God's providence and promise, and this fact was not without great danger both to himself and Sara.