King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 12:19
“Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.”
Verse in context — Genesis 12
17
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18
And 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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Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.
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And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
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