Genesis 12:17

And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

In Context

16And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels.

18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

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Cross References

Genesis 20:18For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

1 Chronicles 21:22And David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of the threshing-floor, that I may build an altar in it to Jehovah: grant it to me for the full money, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

Psalms 105:14He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,

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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