Genesis 12:17
And the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Webster Bible
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 the LORD had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
1 Chronicles 21:22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build an altar in it to the LORD: thou shalt grant it to me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
Psalms 105:14He suffered no man 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 →