Genèse 12:15-20

15 Et les princes de la cour de Pharaon la virent, et la louèrent devant Pharaon, et la femme fut emmenée dans la maison de Pharaon.

16 Et il fit du bien à Abram, à cause d'elle; et il eut des brebis et des bœufs et des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, des ânesses et des chameaux.

17 Mais l'Éternel frappa de grandes plaies Pharaon et sa maison, à cause de Saraï, femme d'Abram.

18 Alors Pharaon appela Abram, et lui dit: Qu'est-ce que tu m'as fait? Pourquoi ne m'as-tu pas déclaré que c'était ta femme?

19 Pourquoi as-tu dit: C'est ma sœur; en sorte que je l'ai prise pour femme? Maintenant, voici ta femme, prends-la et va-t'en.

20 Et Pharaon donna ordre pour lui à des gens qui le reconduisirent, lui et sa femme, et tout ce qui lui appartenait.

Genèse 12:15-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 12

In this chapter an account is given of the call of Abram to depart from his own country, with a promise of a divine blessing, Ge 12:1-3 of his obedience to it, Ge 12:4,5 of his journey through the land of Canaan, and of the Lord's appearance to him in it, and his promise of it to his seed, and of Abram's building altars in it, and calling on the name of the Lord, Ge 12:6-9 and of a famine there, which occasioned him to go into Egypt, Ge 12:10 where, through fear of being slain, he desired his wife to call herself his sister, Ge 12:11-13 and she being greatly admired by the Egyptians for her beauty, it went well with Abram for her sake, Ge 12:14-16 but the Egyptians were plagued because of her, who, when they understood she was Abram's wife, sent them both away, and all that belonged to them, Ge 12:17-20.