genesis_42:12
Genesis 42:12
| Hebrew |
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֑ם לֹ֕א כִּֽי עֶרְוַ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 בָּאתֶ֥ם לִרְאֽוֹת |
| ESV |
He said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have come to see.”
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| NIV |
“No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”
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| NLT |
“Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
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| LXX |
εἶπεν 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. αὐτοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) οὐχί ἀλλὰ τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἴχνη τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 ἤλθατε ἰδεῖν |
| KJV |
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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Genesis 42:11 ← Genesis 42:12 → Genesis 42:13
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