Genesis 12:15

And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and extolled her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

In Context

14And it was that when Abram had entered into Mizraim, the Mizraee saw the woman that she was singularly fair;

16And Abram was well treated on account of her. And he had sheep, and oxen, and asses, and servants, and maidens, and camels.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelek, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

Genesis 40:2And Pharoh was angry with two of his chiefs, with the chief of the cupbearers and with the chief of the bakers.

Exodus 2:5And the daughter of Pharoh came down to wash at the river, and her damsels walked on the river’s bank; and she saw the ark in the flood, and reached out her arm and took it.

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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