Genesis 12:17

Forsothe the Lord beet Farao and his hous with moste veniaunces, for Saray, the wijf of Abram.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

In Context

16Forsothe thei vsiden wel Abram for hir; and scheep, and oxun, and assis, and seruauntis, and seruauntessis, and sche assis, and camels weren to hym.

18And Farao clepide Abram, and seide to hym, What is it that thou hast do to me? whi schewidist thou not to me, that sche was thi wijf?

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Cross References

Genesis 20:18for God hadde closid ech wombe of the hows of Abymelech, for Sare, the wijf of Abraham.

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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