Genesis 12:14

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When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:6 : 6 When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.
  • Gen 39:7 : 7 Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said,“Come to bed with me.”
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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  • Gen 12:10-13
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    10The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

    11As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

    12When the Egyptians see you they will say,‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.

    13So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”

  • Gen 12:15-20
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    15When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,

    16and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

    17But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

    19Why did you say,‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

    20Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions.

  • Gen 24:16
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    16Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever been physically intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.

  • Gen 26:7
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    7When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied,“She is my sister.” He was afraid to say,“She is my wife,” for he thought to himself,“The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

  • Gen 12:5-6
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    5And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

  • Gen 20:2
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    2Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

  • Gen 13:1-2
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    1Abram’s Solution to the Strife So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

    2(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

  • Gen 20:12-13
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    12What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

    13When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”

  • Gen 16:1-4
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    1The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

    2So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.

    3So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.

    4He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.

  • Gen 16:6
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    6Abram said to Sarai,“Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

  • Gen 15:12
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    12When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.