Genesis 12:18
16 He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
17 The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
20 Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
- KJV
- And 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?
- WEB
- Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
- ASV
- And 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?
- DARBY
- And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
- BLB
- And Pharaoh called to Abram and said, “What [is] this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she [was] your wife?
- ÅB
- Da kalte Farao Abram til seg og sa: Hva er det du har gjort imot meg? Hvorfor lot du meg ikke vite at hun er din hustru?
- OTB
- Da kalte farao Abram til seg og sa: «Hva er det du har gjort mot meg? Hvorfor fortalte du meg ikke at hun var din kone?
- B1930
- Da kalte Farao Abram til sig og sa: Hvad er det du har gjort imot mig? Hvorfor lot du mig ikke vite at hun er din hustru?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 20:9–10
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
Read in contextGenesis 26:9–11
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
Read in context1 Samuel 14:43
“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”
Read in contextProverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
Read in contextGenesis 44:15
“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
Read in contextExodus 32:21
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
Read in contextGenesis 4:10
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Read in contextJoshua 7:19
So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
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