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Genesis 12:18

Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

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In The King James Version

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

In Context

17And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

19Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.

Genesis 26:10Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.

Genesis 31:26And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

Exodus 32:21And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?

Judges 2:2And you are to make no agreement with the people of this land; you are to see that their altars are broken down: but you have not given ear to my voice: what have you done?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:15-20

Abram's Denial of His Wife. ( b. c. 1920.) 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's… Read the whole commentary →

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