Genesis 12:14-15

"And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house."

What a disaster this was! The mother of "the Chosen People" was at this point committed to the harem of Pharaoh and, without divine intervention, ALL of the promises to Abraham would have been lost. It was a situation that required and received a heavenly veto, something that has occurred again and again in the history of both Israels. Another example is that of the providential death of Herod Agrippa I at Caesarea, as recorded in Acts 12. No details of this event are given, despite the natural curiosity pertaining to the whole event. As Von Rad said, "All details become unimportant after God's intervention."[20]