Genesis 12:15
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
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Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 40:2And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
Exodus 2:5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the side of the river; and when she saw the box among the flags, she sent her maid and fetched it.
1 Kings 3:1And Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and took the daughter of Pharaoh, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Esther 2:2Thus said the king's young men, his servants, Let there be sought for the king virgins handsome in appearance;
Proverbs 6:29So it is with him that goeth in to his neighbor's wife: no one that toucheth her shall remain unpunished.
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 →