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Genesis 12:15

When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

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ASV

And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּרְא֤וּvai.yir.'Uand they sawH7200 →
אֹתָהּ֙'o.Tah<obj.> herH853 →
שָׂרֵ֣יsa.Rei[the] officials ofH8269 →
פַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
וַיְהַֽלְל֥וּvay.ha.Luand they praisedH1984 →
אֹתָ֖הּ'o.Tah<obj.> herH853 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
פַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
וַתֻּקַּ֥חva.tu.Kachand she was takenH3947 →
הָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
פַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhPharaohH6547 →

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Genesis 20:2Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.Exodus 2:5Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.Jeremiah 46:17There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’Esther 2:2–16Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.Hosea 7:4–5They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.2 Kings 18:21Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.Exodus 2:15When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.1 Kings 3:1Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.Psalms 105:4Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.Genesis 41:1After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.Genesis 40:2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,Genesis 20:7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”Jeremiah 25:19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

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