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Genesis 12:15 KJV
Genesis · chapter 12 · verse 15
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.Genesis 12:15 · King James Version
Genesis 12:15 in context
13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commendedhâlalto be clearH1984 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- beforeʼêlnear, with or amongH413 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- takenlâqachto takeH3947 →
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Here is, I. The danger Sarai was in of having her chastity violated by the king of Egypt: and without doubt the peril of sin is the greatest peril we can be in.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-20