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Genesis 12:18

And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me 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

17But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.

19For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13And the Lord God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And she responded, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called also for Abraham, and he said to him: “What have you done to us? How have we sinned against you, so that you would bring so great a sin upon me and upon my kingdom? You have done to us what you ought not to have done.”

Genesis 26:10And Abimelech said: “Why have you burdened us? Someone from the people could have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a great sin upon us.” And he instructed all the people, saying,

Genesis 31:26And he said to Jacob: “Why have you acted this way, departing from me in secret, with my daughters like captives of the sword?

Exodus 32:21And he said to Aaron, “What has this people done to you, so that you would bring upon them the greatest sin?”

Judges 2:2but only if you would not form a pact with the inhabitants of this land. Instead, you should overturn their altars. Yet you were not willing to listen to my voice. Why have you done this?

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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