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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Genesis 12:15

Pharao: The usual title of the kings of Egypt, in Ezechiel's time, Ezechiel xxxii. 2. Couriers are often too ready to flatter the passions of the prince: these are punished along with Pharao (ver. 17); whence we may conclude, that they concurred with him, to take Sarai against her will.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 12:15. _THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN INTO PHARAOH'S HOUSE._] _Pharaoh_ appears to have been the common appellative of the Cuthite shepherd kings of Egypt, who had conquered this land, as is conj...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - XXXVIII. Abram in Egypt 15. פרעה _par‛oh_, Par‘oh, “ouro.” Coptic for “king,” with the masculine article pi. or p. P-ouro, “the king.” If we separate the article p. from the Hebrew form, we have רעה...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 THE FIRST EVENTS IN ABRAM'S LIFE _ 1. The call and the promise (Genesis 12:1)_ 2. Abram's obedience (Genesis 12:4) 3. The second communication of Jehovah (Genesis 12:7) 4. Abram in Egyp...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ABRAHAM, SARAH, AND PHARAOH. This section creates difficulties by its similarity to Genesis 12:20; Genesis 26:6. The three are usually regarded as variants of the same story. In each case the patriarc...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PHARAOH. the official title of all kings of Egypt, like Kaiser, Czar, &c....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Genesis 12:10 to Genesis 13:2. Abram in Egypt. (J.) The narrative in this section should be compared with the similar ones in 20, 26. It is repellent to our sense of honour, chivalry, and purity. It...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the princes of Pharaoh_ i.e. the chief officers at the court of the king of Egypt. Pharaoh is not a proper name, but the title of the Egyptian king. It is the Hebrew way of transliterating the Egypti...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    PHARAOH— Was a common name of the AEgyptian kings; and was a title of dignity, like that of Caesar assumed by the Roman emperors, and Ptolemy afterwards among the AEgyptians. Authors disagree about th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART TWENTY-SIX THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: THE PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH (Genesis, ch. 12; cf. Hebrews 11:8-19) 1. The Biblical Account 1 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy k...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE PRINCES ALSO OF PHARAOH SAW HER, AND COMMENDED HER BEFORE PHARAOH: AND THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN INTO PHARAOH'S HOUSE._ The Egyptians beheld the woman, that she was very fair ... and the woman was tak...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:15 Pharaoh (d-5) See ch. 37.36....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PHARAOH] the official title of the kings of Egypt; cp. Pharaoh-Necho (2 Kings 23:29). It is the Egyptian word _Pr'o_, 'great house,' which was originally applied to the royal palace and estate, and af...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. THE REMOVAL TO CANAAN. THE VISIT TO EGYPT 1. Had said] RV 'said,' when he was in Haran. In what manner the call came to Abraham, whether through some outward incident which he rec...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    *Pharaoh was the king of Egypt. ‘*Pharaoh’ was not the name of this king, but all kings of Egypt were called *Pharaoh. V17 But the *Lord made *Pharaoh and his family very ill. He did this because of...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 12 ABRAM’S JOURNEY TO *CANAAN V1 The *Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country. Leave your home. Leave your father’s house. Go to the country that...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE PRINCES... COMMENDED HER BEFORE PHARAOH. — In the days of Abram Canaan was the highway to Egypt, and so large an immigration of men of the Semitic stock found their way thither that they oversprea...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    PHARAOH is not the name of a person, but was the title borne by all the Egyptian monarchs....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּרְא֤וּ אֹתָהּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַ יְהַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    ABRAM IN EGYPT Genesis 12:6 ABRAM still journeying southward, and not as yet knowing where his shifting camp was finally to be pitched, came at last to what may be called the heart of Palestine, the...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CALL OF ABRAHAM Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1 WITH Abraham there opens a new chapter in the history of the race; a chapter of the profoundest significance. The consequences of Abraham's movements...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At this point begins the actual historic movement toward the coming of the Redeemer. One man was called to the realization of the true principle of life. The call was personal and purposeful. Abram wa...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    GOD PROVIDED FOR ABRAM Even this great man of faith had times when his trust in God's providence failed. Such an instance is seen in his journey into Egypt in time of famine. He tried to provide for h...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was (n) taken into Pharaoh's house. (n) To be his wife....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._And commended her before Pharaoh _(351) Although Abram had sinned by fearing too much and too soon, yet the event teaches, that he had not feared without cause: for his wife was taken from him and...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    From chapter 12 then there is developed altogether a new order of events, which refer to the call of God, to His covenants, to His promises, to the manifestation of His people as a distinct people on...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE PRINCES ALSO OF PHARAOH SAW HER, AND COMMENDED HER BEFORE PHARAOH,.... The king of Egypt; so it seems by this, that Abram and Sarai were at the place where the court was kept, which the Arabic wri...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. Ver. 15. _The princes also of Pharaoh, &c._] Flattering courtiers please princes'...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ. 4 He departeth with Lot from Haran. 6 He iourneyeth through Canaan, 7 which is promised him in a vision. 10 Hee is driuen by a famin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ABRAHAM'S STRATAGEM EXPOSED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. What Abram had feared came to pass, and at the same time the weakness of his scheme...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SECOND PERIOD The Genesis of the patriarchal faith in the promise and of the covenant religion; of the antagonistic relation, between the faith in the promise and heathenism; of the harmonious opposit...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CALL OF ABRAM The Lord had before told Abram to leave his country, his kindred and his father's house, and go to a land He would show him. This call took place while he was still in Ur of the Chal...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-20 There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE PRINCES ALSO OF PHARAOH, i.e. the officers and courtiers; whose great design was to gain their prince's favour by gratifying his lusts. PHARAOH was a name common to all the kings of Egypt now, and...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The book of Genesis is, for the most part, taken up with the history of seven men, namely, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. There is, I doubt not, a specific line of truth brought...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 12:15 princes H8269 Pharaoh H6547 saw H7200 (H8799) commended H1984 (H8762) to H413 Pharaoh H6547 woman...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And it happened that when Abram had arrived in Egypt the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful, and the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh and the woman was taken into P...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Genesis 12, etc. I. Notice first the call of Abraham. (1) The call was addressed to him suddenly; (2) it required him to forsake his country and his kindred, while giving him no hope of return; (3) i...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Call of Abram. His worship and testing. The error in Egypt. CHARACTERS: Abram, Sarai, Lot, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: The path into which God calls the believer may often be trying to the flesh,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 12:1. _Had said._ The God of glory appeared to Abraham, and enjoined him to leave his idolatrous country. Joshua 24:2; Acts 7:3. Genesis 12:2. I will

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Abram went down into Egypt_ ABRAM IN EGYPT: THE TEMPTATIONS AND TRIALS OF A LIFE OF FAITH The life of faith has many temptations and trials. I. THEY MAY ARISE FROM TEMPORAL CALAMITIES. Famine. 1....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:10 A severe famine in Canaan forces Abram to seek refuge in Egypt. Because of the Nile River, Egypt was a more likely place than Canaan to find food during a drought. As is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:15 PHARAOH is the title of the king of Egypt, not a personal name. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 12:10. A famine in the land] The frequent famines are a peculiar characteristic of early times, and of uncivilised lands. Egypt as a rich and fruitful land was even then a ref...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 12:10 AND THERE WAS A FAMINE. רָעָב, from a root signifying to hunger, the primary. idea appearing to lie in that of an ample, _i.e._ empty, stomach (Gesenius, Furst). The term is...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Why did God let Abraham prosper by lying? PROBLEM: We are told in the Bible not to lie (Exodus 20:16), but, when Abraham lied about Sarah, his wealth was increased. SOLUTION: First, Abraham’s increas...

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