Genesis 12:17
And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house — great plagues — for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Young's Literal Translation
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 Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
1 Chronicles 21:22And David saith unto Ornan, 'Give to me the place of the threshing-floor, and I build in it an altar to Jehovah; for full silver give it to me, and the plague is restrained from the people.'
Psalms 105:14He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes 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 →