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Why did you say, `She is my sister,` so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."
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A Just Rebuke
Commentators highlight the irony of Abram, the 'father of the faithful,' being justly rebuked by a pagan king. Pharaoh's question, 'What is this that you have done?' serves as a powerful reminder that when believers act deceptively, they should expect to be called out. A profession of faith does not excuse dishonest behavior.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
פרעה par‛oh—Par‘oh, “ouro.” This is Coptic for “king,” with the masculine article pi or p. P-ouro means “the king.” If we separat…
19th Century
Anglican
So I might have taken her to be my wife. —The Hebrew is, and I took her to me to wife: that is, I took her with the inten…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Why did you say, she is my sister ? &c.] He could not imagine what could be the reason of it, what could induce him …
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