Genesis 12:20

Genesis chapter 12 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

Context

v.19why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

v.20This passage

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 21:1

    The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

  • Exodus 18:27

    And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

  • 1 Samuel 29:6

    Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

  • Psalms 105:14

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