Genesis 12:15
And the princes of Pharaoh beheld her, and praised her unto Pharaoh,—so the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh;
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Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: My, sister, is she,—So Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 40:2Then fell the wroth of Pharaoh upon his two courtiers, upon the chief of the butlers, and upon the chief of the bakers;
Exodus 2:5So then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe by the river, and her, maidens, were walking by the side of the river,—when she saw the ark in the midst of the rushes, and sent her handmaid, and fetched it.
1 Kings 3:1And Solomon contracted an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt,—and took the daughter of Pharaoh, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem, round about.
Esther 2:2Then said the young men of the king, who waited upon him,—Let them seek out for the king young virgins, of pleasing appearance;
Proverbs 6:29So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
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 →