Genesis 12:16

14 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

17 The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
ASV
And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
DARBY
And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels.
BLB
And Abram he treated well for her sake, and he had for himself sheep, and cattle, and male donkeys, and menservants, and maidservants, and female donkeys, and camels.
ÅB
Og han gjorde vel imot Abram for hennes skyld, og han fikk både småfe og storfe og eseler og slaver og slavekvinner og eselhopper og kameler.
OTB
Han behandlet Abram godt for hennes skyld, og Abram fikk sauer, okser, esler, tjenere og tjenestepiker, eselhopper og kameler.
B1930
Og han gjorde vel imot Abram for hennes skyld, og han fikk både småfe og storfe og asener og træler og trælkvinner og aseninner og kameler.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 20:14

    So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.

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  • Genesis 13:2

    And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

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  • Genesis 24:35

    “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

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  • Job 42:12

    So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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  • Genesis 32:5

    I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

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  • Job 1:3

    and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

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  • Genesis 32:13–15

    Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

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  • Genesis 26:14

    He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

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