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Genesis 12:12-20

12:12

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians
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shall see
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thee, that they shall say
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This [is] his wife
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and they will kill
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me, but they will save thee alive
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12:13

Say
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I pray thee
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thou [art] my sister
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that
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it may be well
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with me for thy sake; and my soul
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shall live
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because of thee
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12:14

And it came to pass, that, when Abram
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was come
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into Egypt
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the Egyptians
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beheld
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the woman
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that she [was] very
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fair
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12:15

The princes
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also of Pharaoh
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saw
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her, and commended
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her before
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Pharaoh
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and the woman
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was taken
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into Pharaoh's
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house
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12:16

And he entreated
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Abram
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well
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for her sake: and he had sheep
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and oxen
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and he asses
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and menservants
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and maidservants
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and she asses
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and camels
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12:17

And the LORD
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plagued
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Pharaoh
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and his house
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with great
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plagues
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because of
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Sarai
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Abram's
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wife
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12:18

And Pharaoh
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called
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Abram
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and said
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What [is] this [that] thou hast done
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unto me? why didst thou not tell
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me that she [was] thy wife
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12:19

Why saidst thou
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She [is] my sister
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so I might have taken
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her to me to wife
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now therefore behold thy wife
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take
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[her], and go thy way
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12:20

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