Genesis 12:16

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

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and extolled her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh.

17And the Lord brought upon Pharaoh great plagues, and upon the men of his house, for the affair of Sara the wife of Abram.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:1And Sara wife of Abram had no child; and she had an handmaid, a Mizretha, and her name was Hagar.

Genesis 24:35And the Lord hath blessed my master much, and increased, and hath given to him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, servants and handmaidens, camels and asses.

Genesis 32:5And he instructed them, saying, So shall you tell to my lord, to Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jakob, With Laban I have dwelt, and have tarried, until now.

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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