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Pharaohפַּרְעֹהgave ordersוַיְצַוto menאֲנָשִׁיםconcerning him,עָלָיוand they sent him awayוַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֹתוֹwith his wifeוְאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹand allוְאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרhe had.לוֹ
Genesis 12:20
Study it in the app“Pharaoh gave orders to men concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 12:20, word by word
- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- gave ordersיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- to menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- and they sent him awayיְשַׁלְּחוּyeshalchu
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalchu” appears- with his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears
The context
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!”
20 · This verse (above)
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?