Genesis 12:15
And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.
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14And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.
Cross References
Genesis 20:2And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.
Genesis 40:2And Pharaoh, being angry with them, (now the one was in charge of the cupbearers, the other of the millers of grain)
Exodus 2:5Then, behold, the daughter of Pharaoh descended to wash in the river. And her maids walked along the edge of the cove. And when she had seen the small basket among the papyruses, she sent one of her servants for it. And when it was brought,
1 Kings 3:1And so the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon, and he was joined with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by affinity. For he took his daughter, and he led her into the city of David, until he completed building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
Esther 2:2And the servants of the king, and his ministers, said, “Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,
Proverbs 6:29So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.
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 →