Genesis 12
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85317× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אַבְרָםʼAbrâmH8712× in this chapter
Abram, the original name of Abraham
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH80211× in this chapter
a woman
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7769× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֵלʼêlH4137× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אָמַרʼâmarH5597× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19806× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- פַּרְעֹהParʻôhH65476× in this chapter
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72006× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8346× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- בֵּית־אֵלBêyth-ʼÊlH10084× in this chapter
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
- בָרַךְbârakH12884× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- לָקַחlâqachH39474× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- שָׁםshâmH80334× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- בַּיִתbayithH10043× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- זֹאתzôʼthH20633× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- מָהmâhH41003× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47143× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- שָׂרַיSârayH82973× in this chapter
Sarai, the wife of Abraham
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בָּנָהbânâhH11292× in this chapter
to build (literally and figuratively)
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14192× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20092× in this chapter
lo!
- חָיָהchâyâhH24212× in this chapter
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- אָחוֹתʼâchôwthH2692× in this chapter
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
- חָרָןChârânH27712× in this chapter
Charan, the name of a man and also of a place
- יָטַבyâṭabH31902× in this chapter
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
- יָפֶהyâphehH33032× in this chapter
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33182× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- כְּנַעַןKᵉnaʻanH36672× in this chapter
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
- לוֹטLôwṭH38762× in this chapter
Lot, Abraham's nephew
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachH41962× in this chapter
an altar
- מִצְרִיMitsrîyH47132× in this chapter
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim