Genesis 12:17

Genesis 12:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
• New International Version (NIV)But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Context of Genesis 12:17

15The king's officers saw her. They told Pharaoh that she was very beautiful. They took her to the king's palace. 16Pharaoh did good things to help Abram because of Sarai. He gave Abram sheep, cows, donkeys and camels. He also gave Abram male servants and female servants. But the Lord made Pharaoh and the people in his palace very ill. The Lord did this because the king had taken Abram's wife Sarai. 18So Pharaoh called Abram to come to him. Pharaoh said, ‘You have done this bad thing to me! You did not tell me that Sarai is your wife! Why not? 19You told me “She is my sister”. As a result, I took her to be my wife. Now, here is your wife. Take her and go away!’

Genesis 12:17 word by word

וַיְנַגַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה׀ אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֛ה נְגָעִ֥ים גְּדֹלִ֖ים וְאֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ עַל־דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרַ֖י אֵ֥שֶׁת אַבְרָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• plaguedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• and his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• with greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• plaguesנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
• because ofדָּבָרdâbâr · word: becauseH1697
• Saraiשָׂרַיώâray · SaraiH8297
• Abram’sאַבְרָם'abrâm · AbramH87
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802

Cross-references for Genesis 12:17

• Genesis 20:18The Lord had made them unable to have children. He did this because of what happened to Abraham's wife, Sarah.
• 1 Chronicles 16:21But the Lord did not let anyone hurt them. He punished kings, to keep his people safe.
• 1 Chronicles 21:22David said to Araunah, ‘Let me buy this threshing floor from you. I want to build an altar here to worship the Lord. Then he will stop this bad disease from killing the people. I will pay you the whole price for the land.’
• Job 34:19God created everyone. He is not more kind to important people than he is to other people. He does not help rich people more than he helps poor people.
• Psalms 105:14But the Lord did not let anyone hurt them. He punished kings to keep his people safe.
• Hebrews 13:4When a man and a woman have married each other, they must each respect the marriage. Husbands and wives must only have sex with each other. God will punish anyone who has sex with another person's husband or wife. He will punish anyone who has sex in a wrong way.

Commentaries on Genesis 12:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The Lord plagued Pharaoh - What these plagues were we know not. In the parallel case, Genesis 20:18, all the females in the family of Abimelech, who had taken Sarah in nearly the same way, were made barren; possibly this might have been the case here; yet much more seems to be signified by the expression great plagues. Whatever these plagues were, it is evident they were understood by Pharaoh as proofs of the disapprobation of God; and, consequently, even…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 - XXXVIII. Abram in Egypt 15. פרעה par‛oh Paroh, “ouro.” Coptic for “king,” with the masculine article pi. or p. P-ouro, “the king.” If we separate the article p. from the Hebrew form, we have רעה re‛oh for king, which may be compared with רעה ro‛eh “pastor, leader,” and the Latin rex, king. This is the common title of the Egyptian sovereigns, to which we have the personal name occasionally added, as Pharaoh-Necho, Pharaoh-Hophrah. Genesis…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and meaning to tarry there no longer than needful. There Abram dissembled…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-19God intervened to rescue Sarai and to preserve her marriage to Abram so that the covenant promise could be fulfilled. When Sarai was returned to Abram, Pharaoh rebuked him because of what had happened (12:18–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201. Now the Lord had said unto Abram--It pleased God, who has often been found of them who sought Him not, to reveal Himself to Abraham perhaps by a miracle; and the conversion of Abraham is one of the most remarkable in Bible history. Get thee out of thy country--His being brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God had probably been a considerable time before. This call included two promises: the first, showing the land of his future posterity…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 12:17

• Abraham
• Cowardice
• Egypt
• Egyptians
• Falsehood
• Ignorance
• Pharaoh
• Rulers
• Sarah

In the dictionaries

• Pharaoh
• Sarai
• Sarah; Sarai
• Pharaoh, king of Egypt
• Abraham
• Appear
• Fair
• Grievous
• Journey
• Noah

Commentaries on Genesis 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings