| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ge 12:14 | Strong Concordance | And it came to pass, that, when Abram [087] was come [0935] into Egypt [04714], the Egyptians [04713] beheld [07200] the woman [0802] that she was very [03966] fair [03303]. |
| King James | And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| when Abram was come into Egypt--It appears from the monuments of that country that at the time of Abram's visit a monarchy had existed for several centuries. The seat of government was in the Delta, the most northern part of the country, the very quarter in which Abram must have arrived. They were a race of shepherd-kings, in close alliance with the people of Canaan. |