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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Why did you say, she is my sister ?
&c.] He could not imagine what could be the reason of it, what could induce him …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelie…

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