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Genesis 12

Gen. 12:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
also of Pharaoh
Par`oh (Hebrew #6547)
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
KJV usage: Pharaoh.
Pronounce: par-o'
Origin: of Egyptian derivation
saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
her, and commended
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
her before
'el (Hebrew #413)
a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to
KJV usage: about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
Pronounce: ale
Origin: (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el})
Pharaoh
Par`oh (Hebrew #6547)
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
KJV usage: Pharaoh.
Pronounce: par-o'
Origin: of Egyptian derivation
c: and the woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
wasd taken
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
into Pharaoh’s
Par`oh (Hebrew #6547)
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
KJV usage: Pharaoh.
Pronounce: par-o'
Origin: of Egyptian derivation
house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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Matt. 5:28• 28But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)
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Psa. 105:14• 14He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes, (Psa. 105:14)
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Prov. 6:29• 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. (Prov. 6:29)
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Heb. 13:4• 4Let marriage be held every way in honour, and the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge. (Heb. 13:4)

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Pharaoh,
Prince; Princess,
Woman

Cross References

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Esther 2:2‑16• 2Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;
 3and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.
 4And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
 5There was in Shushan the fortress a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
 6who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
 7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother--and the maiden was fair and beautiful--and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
 8And it came to pass when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the fortress, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought into the king's house, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
 9And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.
 10Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
 11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
 12And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished--six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,
 13and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
 14In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, unto the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, keeper of the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.
 15And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained grace in the sight of all them that saw her.
 16So Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, that is, the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. (Esther 2:2‑16)
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Prov. 29:12• 12If a ruler hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked. (Prov. 29:12)
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Hos. 7:4‑5• 4They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring the fire after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
 5In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners. (Hos. 7:4‑5)
Pharaoh was a common name of the Egyptian kings, and signified a "ruler," or "king," or "father of his country."
Gen. 40:2• 2And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains--with the chief of the cup bearers and with the chief of the bakers; (Gen. 40:2)
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Gen. 41:1• 1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river. (Gen. 41:1)
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Ex. 2:5,15• 5And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her handmaid and fetched it.
 15And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by the well. (Ex. 2:5,15)
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1 Kings 3:1• 1And Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ended building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. (1 Kings 3:1)
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2 Kings 18:21• 21Now behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him. (2 Kings 18:21)
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Jer. 25:19• 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; (Jer. 25:19)
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Jer. 46:17• 17There did they cry, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the time appointed go by. (Jer. 46:17)
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Ezek. 32:2• 2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. (Ezek. 32:2)
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Gen. 20:2• 2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. (Gen. 20:2)
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Esther 2:9• 9And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women. (Esther 2:9)
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Psa. 105:4• 4Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually; (Psa. 105:4)
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Prov. 6:29• 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. (Prov. 6:29)
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Heb. 13:4• 4Let marriage be held every way in honour, and the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge. (Heb. 13:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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See ch. 37.36.