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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.

Genesis 12:16

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 14-20)

Here is, I. The danger Sarai was in of having her chastity violated by the king of Egypt: and without doubt the peril of sin is the greatest peril we can be in. Pharaoh’s princes (his pimps rather) saw her, and , observing what a comely woman she was, they commended her before Pharaoh , not for that which was really her praise—her virtue and modesty, her faith and piety (these were no excellencies...

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