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Genesis 12:19

“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!””
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17The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

19Why 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!”

20Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.

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