GEN 12:17 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἤτασεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Φαραὼ ἐτασμοῖς μεγάλοις καὶ πονηροῖς, καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, περὶ Σάρας τῆς γυναικὸς Ἅβραμ.
(Kai aʸtasen ho Theos ton Faraō etasmois megalois kai ponaʸrois, kai ton oikon autou, peri Saras taʸs gunaikos Habram. )

BrTr And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife.

ULT But Yahweh struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues on account of Sarai the wife of Abram.

UST But since King Pharaoh had taken Abram’s wife Sarai, Yahweh afflicted the king and his family with severe illnesses.

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

OEB But the Lord sent great plagues to Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

WEBBE The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

LSV And YHWH plagues Pharaoh and his house—great plagues—for the matter of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

FBV But the Lord caused Pharaoh and the people in his palace to suffer from terrible diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

T4T But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.

LEB Then[fn] Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues on account of the matter of Sarai the wife of Abram.

12:17 Or “And”

BBE And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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JPS And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

ASV And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

DRA But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram’s wife.

YLT And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house — great plagues — for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Drby And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

RV And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

Wbstr And the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

KJB-1769 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

KJB-1611 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh & his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps But the Lorde plagued Pharao and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wyfe.
(But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife.)

Gnva But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife.

Cvdl But ye LORDE plaged Pharao & his house wt greate plages, because of Sarai Abras wife.
(But ye/you_all LORD plaged Pharaoh and his house with great plages, because of Sarai Abras wife.)

Wycl Forsothe the Lord beet Farao and his hous with moste veniaunces, for Saray, the wijf of Abram.
(Forsothe the Lord beet Pharaoh and his house with moste veniaunces, for Saray, the wife of Abram.)

Luth Aber der HErr plagte den Pharao mit großen Plagen und sein Haus um Sarais, Abrams Weibes, willen.
(But the/of_the LORD plagte the Pharao with large Plagen and his house around/by/for Sarais, Abrams Weibes, willen.)

ClVg Flagellavit autem Dominus Pharaonem plagis maximis, et domum ejus, propter Sarai uxorem Abram.
(Flagellavit however Master Pharaonem plagis maximis, and home his, propter Sarai wife Abram. )

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

12:10-20 This episode shows that God would not allow Abram to jeopardize his promises. Just after Abram’s obedience to the call, a famine tested his weak faith. God delivered him and his family, even though Abram foolishly used deception rather than trusting in God to preserve him in Egypt.
• This story deliberately parallels Israel’s later bondage in Egypt. Because of a famine (Gen 12:10 // Gen 47:13), Abram/Israel went to Egypt (Gen 12:10 // Gen 47:27); there was an attempt to kill the males and save the females (Gen 12:12 // Exod 1:22); God plagued Egypt (Gen 12:17 // Exod 7:14–11:10); Abram/Israel plundered Egypt (Gen 12:16 // Exod 12:35-36); they were expelled (Hebrew shalakh, “send”; Gen 12:19-20 // Exod 12:31-33) and ascended to the Negev (Gen 13:1 // Num 13:17, 22). Israel was to believe that God would deliver them from bondage in Egypt through the plagues because their ancestor had already been rescued from bondage in Egypt.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-honorifics

וַ⁠יְנַגַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה אֶת פַּרְעֹ֛ה & וְ⁠אֶת בֵּית֑⁠וֹ

and,struck YHWH DOM Farˊoh & and=DOM household,his

See how you translated Pharaoh in verse 15. You could translate it differently in different contexts. Do what is clear and natural in your language in each context. Alternate translation: “Then Yahweh struck the king and the people in his household” or “Then Yahweh caused King Pharaoh and the people in his household to get very sick”

נְגָעִ֥ים גְּדֹלִ֖ים

plagues great

Alternate translation: “with severe diseases”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

עַל דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרַ֖י אֵ֥שֶׁת אַבְרָֽם

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in word/matter_of Sarai wife_of Avram

For many languages it is clearer and more natural to put this clause first in this verse and say, “But since King Pharaoh had taken Abram’s wife Sarai, Yahweh afflicted the king and his family with severe illnesses.” Do what is best in your language

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