11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
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And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-13)Here is, I. A famine in the land of Canaan, a grievous famine . That fruitful land was turned into barrenness, not only to punish the iniquity of the Canaanites who dwelt therein, but to exercise the faith of Abram who sojourned therein; and a very sore trial it was; it tried what he would think, 1. Of God that brought him thither, whether he would not be ready to say with his murmuring seed that…
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