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Pleaseנָאsayאִמְרִיyouאָתְּare my sister,אֲחֹתִיso thatלְמַעַןit may go wellיִיטַבwith meלִיbecause of you,בַעֲבוּרֵךְandוְIנַפְשִׁיmay stay aliveחָיְתָהthanks to you.”בִּגְלָלֵךְ
Genesis 12:13
Study it in the app“Please say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you, and I may stay alive thanks to you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 12:13, word by word
- sayאִמְרִיimri
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “imri” appears- are my sisterאֲחֹתִachoti
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achoti” appears- it may go wellיִיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears- Iנַפְשִׁnafshi
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafshi” appears- may stay aliveחָיְתָהchayta
recover
To survive, recover; a cheer for the king's long life.
Where else “chayta” appears- thanks to youגְלָלֵgelale
because of
Because of, on account of.
Where else “gelale” appears
The context
12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they will kill me, but you they will keep alive.
13 · This verse (above)
14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.
To study Genesis 12 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH command and promise Abram, and what did he do (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that in Abram all the families of the earth will be blessed (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
What step of trust can you take today, even without seeing the whole road, as Abram did?