Pharaoh פַּרְעֹה

A Pharaoh. Pharaoh, the Egyptian ruler who took Abraham's wife Sarah into his palace during their visit to Egypt.

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Where Pharaoh appears

Genesis (4)

Key verses

• Genesis 12:15 first mention — The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
• Genesis 12:17 — And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
• Genesis 12:18 — 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?
• Genesis 12:20 — And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.