Genesis 12:17
And Yahweh plagued Pharaoh with great plagues, also his house,—for the matter of Sarai, wife of Abram.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 20:18For Yahweh, had restrained from bearing, every female of the house of Abimelech,—because of Sarah, wife of Abraham.
1 Chronicles 21:22And David said unto Ornan, Grant me the place of the threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar, unto Yahweh,—for silver in full, shalt thou grant it me, that the plague may be stayed from off the people.
Psalms 105:14He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
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 →