genesis_12:14
Genesis 12:14
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וַיְהִ֕יplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 כְּב֥וֹא אַבְרָ֖ם מִצְרָ֑יְמָה וַיִּרְא֤וּ הַמִּצְרִים֙ אֶתplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֵת hebrew The Hebrew אֵת word does not have a corresponding word in English. In Hebrew, it is a marker of the accusative, i.e. the word following it is the object of the sentence. For example, in Genesis 1:1 the word is preceded by בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים ( הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּֽי יָפָ֥ה הִ֖וא מְאֹֽד |
| ESV |
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
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| NIV |
When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful woman.
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| NLT |
And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone spoke of Sarai's beauty.
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| LXX |
ἐγένετο δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ἡνίκα εἰσῆλθεν Αβραμ εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἰδόντες οἱplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article Αἰγύπτιοι τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γυναῖκα ὅτι καλὴ ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. σφόδρα |
| KJV |
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
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