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Genesis 12:20
Genesis 12:20 is verse 20 of Genesis chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
King James Version
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
World English Bible
Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.
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Genesis 12:18–20 · Berean Standard Bible
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!”
20 Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 18:27Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.
1 Samuel 29:6So 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.
1 Samuel 29:7Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 29:8“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
1 Samuel 29:9Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
1 Samuel 29:10Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”
1 Samuel 29:11So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
Psalms 105:14He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.