Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? New Living Translation So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? English Standard Version So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Berean Standard Bible So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? King James Bible 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? New King James Version And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? New American Standard Bible Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? NASB 1995 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? NASB 1977 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Legacy Standard Bible Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Amplified Bible Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Christian Standard Bible So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? Holman Christian Standard Bible So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? American Standard Version 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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Pharaoh called Abram and said to him, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not show me that she is your wife? Brenton Septuagint Translation And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this thou hast done to me, that thou didst not tell me that she was thy wife? Contemporary English Version Finally, the king sent for Abram and said to him, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me Sarai was your wife? Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version 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? GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Pharaoh called for Abram. "What have you done to me?" he asked. "Why didn't you tell me that she's your wife? Good News Translation Then the king sent for Abram and asked him, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? International Standard Version Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me! Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? JPS Tanakh 1917 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? Literal Standard Version And Pharaoh calls for Abram and says, “What [is] this you have done to me? Why have you not declared to me that she [is] your wife? Majority Standard Bible So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? New American Bible Then Pharaoh summoned Abram and said to him: “How could you do this to me! Why did you not tell me she was your wife? NET Bible So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? New Revised Standard Version So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? New Heart English Bible Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Webster's Bible Translation And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done to me? why didst thou not tell me that she is thy wife? World English Bible Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife? Young's Literal Translation And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, 'What is this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she is thy wife? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abram and Sarai in Egypt…17The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”… Cross References Genesis 12:19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!" Genesis 20:3 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman." Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done." Genesis 20:10 Abimelech also asked Abraham, "What prompted you to do such a thing?" Genesis 26:10 "What is this you have done to us?" asked Abimelech. "One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us." Genesis 29:25 When morning came, there was Leah! "What have you done to me?" Jacob said to Laban. "Wasn't it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?" Treasury of Scripture And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Genesis 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. Genesis 20:9,10 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done… Jump to Previous Abram Declared Pharaoh Summoned WifeJump to Next Abram Declared Pharaoh Summoned WifeGenesis 12 1. God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ.4. He departs with Lot from Haran, and comes to Canaan. 6. He journeys through Canaan, 7. which is promised to him in a vision. 10. He is driven by famine into Egypt. 11. Fear makes him feign his wife to be his sister. 14. Pharaoh, having taken her from him, is compelled to restore her. 18. Pharaoh reproves Abram, whom he dismisses. Verses 18, 19. - And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me t why didst thou not tell me she was thy wife? In which case we are bound to believe the monarch that he would not have taken her. Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife (which as yet he had not done; an indirect proof both of the monarch's honorable purpose towards Sarai and of Sarai's unsullied purity): now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. According to Josephus ('Bell. Jud.' 5. 9:4) Sarah was only one night in Pharaoh's house; but this is obviously incorrect. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Pharaohפַרְעֹה֙ (p̄ar·‘ōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings summoned וַיִּקְרָ֤א (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read Abram לְאַבְרָ֔ם (lə·’aḇ·rām) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham and asked, וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have you done to me? עָשִׂ֣יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make Why לָ֚מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what did you not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no tell הִגַּ֣דְתָּ (hig·gaḏ·tā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous me she הִֽוא׃ (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are was your wife? אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ (’iš·tə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Links Genesis 12:18 NIVGenesis 12:18 NLT Genesis 12:18 ESV Genesis 12:18 NASB Genesis 12:18 KJV Genesis 12:18 BibleApps.com Genesis 12:18 Biblia Paralela Genesis 12:18 Chinese Bible Genesis 12:18 French Bible Genesis 12:18 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 12:18 Pharaoh called Abram and said What (Gen. 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