GEN 12:18 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καλέσας δὲ Φαραὼ τὸν Ἅβραμ, εἶπεν, τί τοῦτο ἐποίησάς μοι, ὅτι οὐκ ἀπήγγειλάς μοι, ὅτι γυνή σου ἐστίν;
(Kalesas de Faraō ton Habram, eipen, ti touto epoiaʸsas moi, hoti ouk apaʸngeilas moi, hoti gunaʸ sou estin; )

BrTr And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this thou hast done to me, that thou didst not tell me that she was thy wife?

ULT So Pharaoh called for Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

UST So the king summoned Abram before him and said to him, “You have treated me very badly! You should have told me that Sarai is your wife!

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

OEB Pharaoh called Abram and said, ‘What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

WEBBE Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

LSV And Pharaoh calls for Abram and says, “What [is] this you have done to me? Why have you not declared to me that she [is] your wife?

FBV So Pharaoh ordered Abram brought to him and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?

T4T When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

LEB No LEB GEN book available

BBE Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And 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?

ASV And 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?

DRA And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

YLT And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, 'What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife?

Drby And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

RV And 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?
(And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou/you hast done unto me? why didst/did thou/you not tell me that she was thy/your wife? )

SLT And Pharaoh will call to Abram, and will say, What this thou didst to me? why didst thou not declare to me that she is thy wife?

Wbstr And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done to me? why didst thou not tell me that she is thy wife?

KJB-1769 And 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?
(And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou/you hast done unto me? why didst/did thou/you not tell me that she was thy/your wife? )

KJB-1611 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done vnto me? Why diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps GEN book available

Gnva Then Pharaoh called Abram, and saide, Why hast thou done this vnto me? Wherefore diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?
(Then Pharaoh called Abram, and said, Why hast thou/you done this unto me? Wherefore didst/did thou/you not tell me, that she was thy/your wife? )

Cvdl No Cvdl GEN book available

Wycl No Wycl GEN book available

Luth No Luth GEN book available

ClVg Vocavitque Pharao Abram, et dixit ei: Quidnam est hoc quod fecisti mihi? quare non indicasti quod uxor tua esset?
(I_calledtque Pharaoh Abram, and he_said to_him: Quidnam it_is this that you_did to_me? why not/no indicasti that wife your esset? )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT GEN book available

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:

וַ⁠יִּקְרָ֤א פַרְעֹה֙

and=he/it_called Parˊoh

Alternate translation: [So King Pharaoh sent] or [Then Pharaoh called]

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֕אמֶר

and=he/it_said

Make sure that the way you translate this quote margin fits with the way that you translate the following quote. Alternate translation: [and asked him]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַה־זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ לִּ֑⁠י

what? this you(ms)_have_done/made to/for=me

Pharaoh uses rhetorical questions in verses 18 and 19 to express his anger at what Abram had done; he does not expect Abram to answer him. Some languages must use statements or exclamations here instead. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: [You have treated me very badly!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לָ֚⁠מָּה לֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֔⁠י כִּ֥י אִשְׁתְּ⁠ךָ֖ הִֽוא

to/for=what not tell to/for=me that/for/because/then/when wife_of,your who/which

Alternate translation: [You should have informed me that she is your wife!]

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