Genesis 12:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 18:27 : 27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land.
  • 1 Sam 29:6-9 : 6 Then Achish called David and said to him, Surely, as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and coming in with me in the army is good in my sight, for I have found no evil in you since the day of your coming to me until this day; nevertheless the lords do not favor you. 7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you do not displease the lords of the Philistines. 8 And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant since I have been with you until this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are good in my sight, like an angel of God; notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with your master's servants who have come with you, and as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart. 11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
  • 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.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.

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  • Gen 12:14-19
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    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.

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

    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.

  • 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.

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

  • 17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

  • 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

  • 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and male servants, and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.

  • 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.

  • Gen 45:19-21
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    19 Now you are commanded, do this: take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives and bring your father and come.

    20 Also do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

    21 And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them carts according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.

  • 18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt; who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land.

  • 10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah and gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

  • 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.

  • 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.'

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 21 And he lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  • 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that belong to you.

  • 36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.

  • 59 So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.