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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 12, Verse 15

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And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.
King James Version
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
American Standard Version
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
New English Translation
When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,
World English Bible
The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
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And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
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And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
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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?
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Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.
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And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
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And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
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And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
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And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
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Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
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And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.