Genesis 12:15
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
Genesis 12:15 in other translations
| BSB | When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh. |
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| WEB | The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. |
| ASV | And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. |
| YLT | and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken to Pharaoh's house; |
| DARBY | And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. |
| BBE | And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house. |
| Webster | The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. |
What does Genesis 12:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 12:10-20
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…
Genesis 12:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 12:15
- Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
- Genesis 41:1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- 1 Kings 3:1
And 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.
- Hosea 7:4-5
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
- Genesis 40:2
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
- Psalms 105:4
Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
- Exodus 2:5
And 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.
- Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
- 2 Kings 18:21
Now, 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.
- Proverbs 6:29
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
- Esther 2:2-16
Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; …
- Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Es 2:2-16; Pr 29:12; Ho 7:4,5Pharaoh was a common name of the Egyptian kings, and signified a "ruler," or "king," or "father of his country."
40:2; 41:1; Ex 2:5,15; 1Ki 3:1; 2Ki 18:21; Jer 25:19; 46:17; Eze 32:2
taken.
20:2; Es 2:9; Ps 105:4; Pr 6:29; Heb 13:4
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Context
- Genesis 12:14
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
- Genesis 12:15
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
- Genesis 12:16
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.
Genesis 12:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Viéronla también los príncipes de Faraón, y se la alabaron; y fué llevada la mujer á casa de Faraón: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les princes du Pharaon la virent, et la louèrent devant le Pharaon; et la femme fut emmenée dans la maison du Pharaon. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Fürsten des Pharao sahen sie und priesen sie dem Pharao; und das Weib wurde in das Haus des Pharao geholt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et nuntiaverunt principes Pharaoni, et laudaverunt eam apud illum: et sublata est mulier in domum Pharaonis. |