Did Pharaoh Sleep With Sarai. Abraham's Wife Forced into Pharaoh's Palace Sarai's Ordeal BibleStory (Genesis121020; 131 When Pharaoh takes Sarai into his palace, rather than being a passive victim, as in the Bible, the midrash has Sarai taking her complaint directly to God and commanding an angel regarding her protection and the punishment of her captors. In other words, because Abram let Pharaoh sleep with Sarai (a situation made possible by the fact that Sarai was pretending to be Abram's sister), Abram reaped benefits.
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12:18), but perhaps when he did try to sleep with her, she simply had to give a good reason why she couldn't sleep with him. Genesis 12:17 says, "But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife." This seems puzzling.
Sarai Suffers in Pharaoh’s Palace, and Abram Is Rewarded?!
Abraham handles things the same way while sojourning in the Negev of the Promised Land, Canaan, when he fears Abimelech (Genesis 20) Sarai was taken into Pharaoh's house, and many gifts were given to Abram (Genesis 12:16) Genesis 12:14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman
Abram and Sarai in Egypt. 16He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. The scripture doesn't say (as it does in the case of Abimelech in 20:6) that Pharaoh didn't consummate this marriage
Genesis 1215 When Pharaoh's officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken. 15And when Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace Did Sarah sleep with Pharaoh when she was taken to his palace? Genesis 12:15 ESV - 15 And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh