Genesis 12:14 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 12:14

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

KJV

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt,.... To the city of Heliopolis; for there it was that Abram had his abode, as Eupolemus (r) says, when upon the famine he went into Egypt, and where he conversed with the Egyptian priests, and taught them astrology, and other things belonging to it; and of this descent of Abram into Egypt, and teaching astrology, Artapanus (s), another Heathen writer, speaks; Abram, he says, having learned the science of astrology, went first into Phoenicia and taught it the Phoenicians, and afterwards went into Egypt, and taught it there.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

ON ABRAHAM 1.2.6 (397)

There came a famine, and so he went to Egypt. He knew that in Egypt the dissipation of youth was widespread, characterized by lust, impudent desires and unrestrained passions. He understood that among such men the modesty of his wife would be defenseless and that her beauty would be a danger for him. So he told his wife to say that she was his sister. By this we are taught that it is not so much beauty that one should seek in a wife, for this often leads to the death of the husband.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֕י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כְּב֥וֹא	ke.Vo'	when entered	H935 →
אַבְרָ֖ם	'av.Ram	Abram	H87 →
מִצְרָ֑יְמָה	mitz.Ra.ye.mah	Egypt <towards>	H4714 →
וַיִּרְא֤וּ	vai.yir.'U	and they saw	H7200 →
הַמִּצְרִים֙	ha.mitz.Rim	the Egyptians	H4713 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה	ha.'i.Shah	the woman	H802 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
יָפָ֥ה	ya.Fah	[was] beautiful	H3303 →
הִ֖וא	hi'	she	H1931 →
מְאֹֽד׃	me.'Od	very	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave…
leads to
- 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 1 Timothy 2:14
  And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
- Joshua 7:21
  When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in…
Through
Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
leads to
- James 1:14–15
  But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 11:2
  One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 6:25
  Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- Exodus 20:17
  You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Through
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
leads to
- Psalms 82:6–7
  I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Genesis