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Whenוַיְהִי כְּAbramאַבְרָםenteredבוֹאEgypt,מִצְרָיְמָהthe Egyptiansהַמִּצְרִיםsawוַיִּרְאוּthe woman,אֶת הָאִשָּׁהthatכִּיsheהִואwas veryמְאֹדbeautiful.יָפָה
Genesis 12:14
Study it in the app“When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 12:14, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Abramאַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears- enteredבוֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears- Egyptמִצְרָיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appears- the Egyptiansמִּצְרִיםmitsrim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrim” appears- sawיִּרְאוּyiru
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yiru” appears- the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- was veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- beautifulיָפָהyafa
beautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yafa” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
13Please say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you, and I may stay alive thanks to you.”
14 · This verse (above)
15Pharaoh’s princes saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into the house of Pharaoh.
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?