Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house—Eastern kings have for ages claimed the privilege of taking to their harem an unmarried woman whom they like. The father or brother may deplore the removal as a calamity, but the royal right is never resisted nor questioned.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 12:15:
Genesis 20:2
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