Genesis 12:20

And Pharaoh charges men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, and all that he has.

Literal Standard Version

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 have you said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? And now, behold, your wife, take and go.”

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Cross References

Exodus 18:27And Moses sends his father-in-law away, and he goes away to his own land.

Psalms 105:14He has not permitted any to oppress them || And He reproves 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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