Genesis 12:17
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But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.

Genesis 20:18 For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham's wife.

1 Chronicles 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.

1 Chronicles 21:22 And David said to him: Give me this place of thy thrashingfloor, that I may build therein an altar to the Lord: but thou shalt take of me as much money as it is worth, that the plague may cease from the people.

Job 34:19 Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands.

Psalm 105:14,15 He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes. . . .

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Context
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
16And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and he asses, and men servants, and maid servants, and she asses, and camels. 17But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.18And 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?…
Cross References
Genesis 20:3
And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

Genesis 20:18
For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham's wife.

1 Chronicles 16:21
He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.

Psalm 105:14
He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.

Lexicon
The LORD, however,
יְהוָ֧ה ׀ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

afflicted
וַיְנַגַּ֨ע (way·nag·ga‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

Pharaoh
פַּרְעֹ֛ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

and his household
בֵּית֑וֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

with severe
גְּדֹלִ֖ים (gə·ḏō·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

plagues
נְגָעִ֥ים (nə·ḡā·‘îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5061: Mark -- a blow, a spot

because of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Abram’s
אַבְרָֽם׃ (’aḇ·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham

wife
אֵ֥שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

Sarai.
שָׂרַ֖י (śā·ray)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8297: Sarai -- a wife of Abram


Additional Translations
The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

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

And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife.

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

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

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

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

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