Genesis 12:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But the Lorde plagued Pharao and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wyfe.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 16:21 : 21 He suffred no man to do them wrong: yea he reproued euen kinges for their sakes.
  • Gen 20:18 : 18 For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe.
  • 1 Chr 21:22 : 22 And Dauid sayde to Ornan: Geue me the place of the threshing floore, that I may buylde an aulter therin vnto the lord: Thou shalt geue it me for as much money as it is worth, that the plague may ceasse from the people.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.
  • Ps 105:14-15 : 14 He suffred no man to do them wrong: yea he reproued euen kynges for their sakes. 15 Touche not mine annoynted: and triumph not ouer my prophetes.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 12:18-20
    3 verses
    84%

    18And Pharao callyng Abram, sayde: why hast thou done this vnto me?

    19Why diddest thou not tel me, that she was thy wyfe? why saydest thou, she is my sister? and so I might haue taken her to be my wyfe? Nowe therfore beholde, there is thy wyfe, take her, and go thy way.

    20And Pharao gaue his men commaundement concerning him: and they conuayed him foorth, and his wyfe, and all that he had.

  • Gen 12:14-16
    3 verses
    77%

    14And so when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman, for she was very fayre.

    15The princes also of Pharao sawe her, and comended her before Pharao, and the woman was taken into Pharaos house.

    16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheepe and oxen, and he asses, menseruauntes, & maydeseruauntes, she asses and camelles.

  • Gen 12:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    10And the there was a famine in that lande, and therfore went Abram downe into Egypt, that he myght soiourne there, for there was a greeuons famine in the lande.

    11And when he was come neare to enter into Egypt, he sayde vnto Sarai his wife: beholde, I knowe that thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon:

    12Therfore shall it come to passe, that when the Egyptians see thee, they shall say, she is his wyfe, and they wyll kyll me, but they wyll saue thee aliue:

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17And so Abraham prayed vnto God, & God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maydens, & they bare chyldren.

    18For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe.

  • Gen 16:1-6
    6 verses
    74%

    1Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

    2And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: beholde, nowe the Lorde hath restrayned me, that I can not beare, I pray thee go in to my mayde, it may be that I may be builded by her: and Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

    3And Sarai Abrams wyfe toke Hagar her mayde the Egyptian, after Abram hadde dwelled ten yeres in the lande of Chanaan, and gaue her to her husbande Abram to be his wyfe.

    4And he went in vnto Hagar, and she conceaued. And when she sawe that she had conceaued, her mistresse was despised in her eyes.

    5And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: there is wrong done vnto me by thee: I haue geuen my mayde into thy bosome, whiche seyng that she hath conceaued, I am despised in her eyes, the Lorde be iudge betweene thee & me.

    6But Abram sayde to Sarai: beholde thy mayde is in thy hande, do with her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fledde from the face of her.

  • Gen 17:15
    74%

    15And God sayde vnto Abraham: Sarai thy wyfe shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sara shall her name be.

  • Gen 20:2
    72%

    2And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe, she is my syster: And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent, and fet Sara away.

  • Exod 8:24
    72%

    24And the Lord dyd euen so, & there came an intollerable swarme of flyes into the house of Pharao, and into his seruauntes houses, and into all the land of Egypt: and the land was corrupt with these flyes.

  • Gen 11:30
    71%

    30But Sarai was baren, and had no chylde.

  • Gen 12:5
    70%

    5And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe, and Lot his brothers sonne, & all their substaunce that they had in possession, and the soules that they had begotten in Haran, and they departed, that they might come into the lande of Chanaan: and into the lande of Chanaan they came.

  • 2 Chr 21:14
    70%

    14Beholde, with a great plague will the Lorde smite thy folke, thy children, thy wyues, and all thy goods:

  • Gen 20:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11Abraha aunswered: For I thought thus surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake.

    12Yet in very deede she is my sister, for she is ye daughter of my father, though she be not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wyfe.