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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 whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)
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Psa. 105:14• 14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; (Psa. 105:14)
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Prov. 6:29• 29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. (Prov. 6:29)
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Heb. 13:4• 4Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will 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 ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
 3And 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:
 4And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
 5Now 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;
 6Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which 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 maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
 8So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
 9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
 10Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.
 11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
 12Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
 13Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
 14In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
 15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
 16So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which 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 lies, all his servants are wicked. (Prov. 29:12)
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Hos. 7:4‑5• 4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
 5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with 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 against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against 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 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.
 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. (Ex. 2:5,15)
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1 Kings 3:1• 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. (1 Kings 3:1)
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2 Kings 18:21• 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. (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• 17They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. (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 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. (Ezek. 32:2)
taken.
Gen. 20:2• 2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. (Gen. 20:2)
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Esther 2:9• 9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. (Esther 2:9)
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Psa. 105:4• 4Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. (Psa. 105:4)
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Prov. 6:29• 29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. (Prov. 6:29)
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Heb. 13:4• 4Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will 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.