Genesis 12:18

Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

17But the Lord sent great plagues to Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Here she is, take her and go.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13The Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman replied, “The snake deceived me, and I ate.”

Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked him, “What have you done to us? What harm have I done to you to make you bring this great sin on me and my kingdom? You have done to me something that ought not to be done.”

Genesis 26:10Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might have lain with your wife and so you would have brought guilt upon us.”

Genesis 31:26Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried away my daughters like captives of war!

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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