Verse 17

Genesis 12:17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

17 But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְנַגַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה אֶת פַּרְעֹ֛ה נְגָעִ֥ים גְּדֹלִ֖ים וְ/אֶת בֵּית֑/וֹ עַל דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרַ֖י אֵ֥שֶׁת אַבְרָֽם

English Translation

And the LORD afflicted Pharaoh with great plagues and his house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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Chapter 12 Context

1 And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of they fathe... Focus ↗

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt... Focus ↗

3 I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred... Focus ↗

4 So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years... Focus ↗

5 And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance which they had gathered... Focus ↗

6 Abram passed through the country into the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaan... Focus ↗

7 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built the... Focus ↗

8 And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his... Focus ↗

9 And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south. Focus ↗

10 And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the fa... Focus ↗

11 And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautifu... Focus ↗

12 And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, a... Focus ↗

13 Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my... Focus ↗

14 And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful. Focus ↗

15 And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of P... Focus ↗

16 And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and he asses, and menservants and... Focus ↗

17 But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.

18 And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not... Focus ↗

19 For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore,... Focus ↗

20 And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away, and his wife, and all that h... Focus ↗

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