Genesis 12:20

Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.

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In The King James Version

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

In Context

19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”

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Cross References

Exodus 18:27Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.

Psalms 105:14He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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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