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Whyלָמָהdid you say,אָמַרְתָּ‘Sheהִואis my sister,’אֲחֹתִיso that I tookוָאֶקַּחherאֹתָהּfor myselfלִיas a wife?לְאִשָּׁהNow then,וְעַתָּהhere isהִנֵּהyour wife;אִשְׁתְּךָtake herקַחand go!”וָלֵךְ
Genesis 12:19
Study it in the app“Why 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!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 12:19, word by word
- did you sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- is my sister,’אֲחֹתִachoti
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achoti” appears- so that I tookאֶקַּחekach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “ekach” appears- as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- and goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears
The context
18So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
19 · This verse (above)
20Pharaoh gave orders to men concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.
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?