Genesis 12:15

Genesis 12:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
• New International Version (NIV)And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.

Context of Genesis 12:15

13Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you.” 14So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. 16He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Genesis 12:15 word by word

וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֹתָהּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַיְהַֽלְל֥וּ אֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַתֻּקַּ֥ח הָאִשָּׁ֖ה בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• also of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• her, and commendedהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• her beforeאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• and the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• was takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004

Cross-references for Genesis 12:15

• Esther 2:2Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king;
• Proverbs 29:12If a ruler pays attention to lies, All his servants become wicked.
• Hosea 7:4“They are all adulterers. Like an oven heated by a baker— He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough, Until it is leavened.
• Exodus 2:5Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it.
• 1 Kings 3:1Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall all around Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 18:21Now look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• Jeremiah 25:19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people;
• Jeremiah 46:17They cried there, ‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is but a noise. He has passed by the appointed time!’
• Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: ‘You are like a young lion among the nations, And you are like a monster in the seas, Bursting forth in your rivers, Troubling the waters with your feet, And fouling their rivers.
• Genesis 20:2Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
• Esther 2:9Now the young woman pleased him, and she obtained his favor; so he readily gave beauty preparations to her, besides her allowance. Then seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king’s palace, and he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of the women.
• Psalms 105:4Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore!
• Proverbs 6:29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Commentaries on Genesis 12:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The woman was taken into Pharaoh's house - Pharaoh appears to have been the common appellative of the Cuthite shepherd kings of Egypt, who had conquered this land, as is conjectured, about seventy-two years before this time. The word is supposed to signify king in the ancient Egyptian language. If the meaning be sought in the Hebrew, the root פרע para signifies to be free or disengaged, a name which such freebooters as the Cuthite shepherds might…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. 15Pharaoh was a title for a ruler, not a personal name (37:36; Exodus 1:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 12:15

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

In the dictionaries

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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