Genesis 12:15
The officials of Pharaoh, when they saw her, praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh’s household.
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14When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Serai was very beautiful.
Cross References
Genesis 20:2where he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Genesis 40:2so that Pharaoh was angry with these two officers and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.
Esther 2:2Then the king’s servants who waited upon him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king,
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 →