Genesis 12:20

And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

In Context

19Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'

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Cross References

Exodus 18:27And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.

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 →

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