Genesis 12:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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  • 1 Chr 16:21 : 21 He allowed no one to do them wrong; yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
  • Gen 20:18 : 18 For the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
  • 1 Chr 21:22 : 22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar there to the LORD; you shall grant it to me for the full price: that the plague may be stopped from the people.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
  • Ps 105:14-15 : 14 He allowed no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes; 15 Saying, Do not touch my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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  • Gen 12:18-20
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    84%

    18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

    19 Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.

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

  • Gen 12:14-16
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    77%

    14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very beautiful.

    15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

    16 And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

  • Gen 12:10-12
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    10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to stay there; for the famine was severe in the land.

    11 And it came to pass, when he was about to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon:

    12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17 So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants; and they bore children.

    18 For the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 16:1-6
    6 verses
    74%

    1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

    3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

    4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

    5 And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you; I have given my maid into your arms, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.

    6 But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

  • 15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  • 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

  • 24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted because of the swarm of flies.

  • 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran; and they set out to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to the land of Canaan.

  • 14 behold, with a great plague the LORD will strike your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions.

  • Gen 20:11-12
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    70%

    11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

    12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.