Genesis 12:19

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Cross-references

Genesis 20:14 shows the same scenario repeating — a foreign king returns Sarah after discovering she is Abraham's wife, mirroring Pharaoh's response.

In Genesis 26:10, Abimelech rebukes Isaac for the same wife-sister deception — nearly identical accusation of exposing his wife to potential adultery.

Proverbs 6:29 warns that touching another's wife brings guilt — precisely the danger Pharaoh describes having unknowingly risked.