Genesis 12:15
The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's household.
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14It came about that when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
Cross References
Genesis 20:2Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
Genesis 40:2Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.
Exodus 2:5Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river while her attendants walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her attendant to get it.
1 Kings 3:1Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house, the house of Yahweh, and the wall around Jerusalem.
Esther 2:2Then the king's young men who served him said, “Let a search be made on the king's behalf for beautiful young virgins.
Proverbs 6:29So is the man who sleeps with his neighbor's wife; 1 the one who sleeps with her will not go unpunished. 1
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 →