Genesis 12:20

And Pharaoh commanded some men concerning him, who accompanied him and his wife, and all that he had.

Leeser Tanakh

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 saidst thou, She is my sister? and so I took her to me for a wife; now, therefore, behold, here is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:27And Moses dismissed his father-in-law; and he went his way unto his own land.

Psalms 105:14He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake;

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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