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Genesis 12:17

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And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
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  1. 1 Chronicles 16:21Rank 1 from verse 17
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    21He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

  2. Genesis 20:18Rank 2 from verse 17
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    18For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

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    14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

    15Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

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    22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

  5. Hebrews 13:4Rank 5 from verse 17
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    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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Genesis 12:17

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Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

17And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

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18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

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