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So Pharaohוַ פַרְעֹהcalledיִּקְרָאAbramלְאַבְרָםand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמַהis thisזֹּאתyou have doneעָשִׂיתָto me?לִּיWhyלָמָּהdid you not tellלֹא הִגַּדְתָּmeלִּיthatכִּיsheהִואwas your wife?אִשְׁתְּךָ
Genesis 12:18
Study it in the app“So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 12:18, word by word
- So Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- Abramאַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- you have doneעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- did you not tellהִגַּדְתָּhigadta
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higadta” appears- was your wifeאִשְׁתְּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears
The context
17But YHWH struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
18 · This verse (above)
19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for myself as a wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her and go!”
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?