Abram and Sarai Enter Egypt With Their Householdby Ironbark
12:15Genesis 12:15
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
This verse belongs to Abraham's trial during his sojourn in Egypt, where severe famine had driven him down from Canaan. There Abraham acted as a representative through whom the God of heaven was revealed to the people. In that setting God gave him favor with the Egyptians, so that he left Egypt with more than he had when he entered. The episode records Abraham's sin in Egypt, where though favored by God he was overcome by temptation and sinned. His failure is recorded as a warning against wrongdoing and as encouragement that sinners can rise again through God's grace.
This verse belongs to Abraham's trial during his sojourn in Egypt, where severe famine had driven him down from Canaan. There Abraham acted as a representative through whom the God of heaven was revealed to the people. In that setting God gave him favor with the Egyptians, so that he left Egypt with more than he had when he entered. The episode records Abraham's sin in Egypt, where though favored by God he was overcome by temptation and sinned. His failure is recorded as a warning against wrongdoing and as encouragement that sinners can rise again through God's grace.