Genesis 12:20 Parallel Translations

Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram. They sent Abram away with his wife and everything that he had.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

ASV:

And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

BBE:

And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.

DBY:

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

ERV:

And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

JPS:

And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him; and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

WBS:

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

WEB:

Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they brought him on the way with his wife and all that he had.

YLT:

And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.

Genesis 12:20 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 12:19 "Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go."

Genesis 13:1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:20 And Pharaoh {p} commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
(p) To the intent that none should hurt him either in his person or goods.

WES:

12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him - That is, he charged them not to injure him in any thing. And he appointed them, when Abram was disposed to return home, after the famine, to conduct him safe out of the country, as his convoy.

MHC:

12:10-20 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 father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and meaning to tarry there no longer than needful. There Abram dissembled his relation to Sarai, equivocated, and taught his wife and his attendants to do so too. He concealed a truth, so as in effect to deny it, and exposed thereby both his wife and the Egyptians to sin. The grace Abram was most noted for, was faith; yet he thus fell through unbelief and distrust of the Divine providence, even after God had appeared to him twice. Alas, what will become of weak faith, when strong faith is thus shaken! If God did not deliver us, many a time, out of straits and distresses which we bring ourselves into, by our own sin and folly, we should be ruined. He deals not with us according to our deserts. Those are happy chastisements that hinder us in a sinful way, and bring us to our duty, particularly to the duty of restoring what we have wrongfully taken or kept. Pharaoh's reproof of Abram was very just: What is this that thou hast done? How unbecoming a wise and good man! If those who profess religion, do that which is unfair and deceptive, especially if they say that which borders upon a lie, they must expect to hear of it; and they have reason to thank those who will tell them of it. The sending away was kind. Pharaoh was so far from any design to kill Abram, as he feared, that he took particular care of him. We often perplex ourselves with fears which are altogether groundless. Many a time we fear where no fear is. Pharaoh charged his men not to hurt Abram in any thing. It is not enough for those in authority, that they do not hurt themselves; they must keep their servants and those about them from doing hurt.

CONC:

Abram Belonged Charge Chargeth Commanded Escorted Orders Pharaoh Wife

Abram Belonged Charge Chargeth Commanded Escorted Orders Pharaoh Way Wife

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