KJV King James Version
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
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Genesis 12:15
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
WEB World English Bible
The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
ASV American Standard Version
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken to Pharaoh’s house;
Surrounding context — Genesis 12
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say, 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.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
16 And 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.
17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּרְא֤וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֹתָהּ֙H853 · et[Obj.]שָׂרֵ֣יH8269 · sarrulerפַרְעֹ֔הH6547 · par.ohPharaohוַיְהַֽלְל֥וּH1984 · ha.lalto shineאֹתָ֖הּH853 · et[Obj.]אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)פַּרְעֹ֑הH6547 · par.ohPharaohוַתֻּקַּ֥חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeהָאִשָּׁ֖הH802 · ish.shahwomanבֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceפַּרְעֹֽה׃H6547 · par.ohPharaoh
Cross-references
Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.Esther 2:2-16Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:Genesis 41:1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.Hosea 7:4-5They [are] all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.Proverbs 6:29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.Exodus 2:5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash [herself] at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.1 Kings 3:1And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.Psalm 105:4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.2 Kings 18:21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.Exodus 2:15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.Jeremiah 46:17They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt [is but] a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.Hebrews 13:4Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Genesis 40:2And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.Proverbs 29:12If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou [art] as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.Jeremiah 25:19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
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