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Genesis 12:20

Pharaoh
Protection and safety

18 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!”

Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
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BSB
Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
KJV
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
WEB
Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.
ASV
And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
DARBY
And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
BLB
And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
ÅB
Og Farao gav noen menn befaling til å følge ham på veien med hans hustru og alt det han eide.
[^1]: d.e. den sydligste del av Kana'an.
OTB
Farao ga sine menn ordre om Abram, og de sendte ham bort med hans kone og alt han eide.
B1930
Og Farao gav nogen menn befaling til å følge ham på veien med hans hustru og alt det han eide.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 21:1

    The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

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  • Psalms 105:14–15

    He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

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  • 1 Samuel 29:6–11

    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.

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  • Exodus 18:27

    Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

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