17But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.


In Context

14 And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful.

15 And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao.

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

17 But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.

18 And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife.

19 For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore, there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Genesis 12:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:17But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:17And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:17And the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:17Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:17And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house — great plagues — for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.