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Genesis 12:17

Genesis chapter 12 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Context

v.16And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

v.17This passage

v.18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 105:14

    He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

  • Job 34:19

    That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:21

    He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

  • 1 Chronicles 21:22

    Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

  • Genesis 20:18

    For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

  • Hebrews 13:4

    Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.