Genesis 12:20

And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.

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In The King James Version

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

In Context

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

Exodus 18:27And Moses let his father-in-law go away, and he went back to his land.

Psalms 105:14He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

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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