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Genesis 12:20

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

KJV

Præcepitque Pharao super Abram viris : et deduxerunt eum, et uxorem illius, et omnia quæ habebat.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐνετείλατο Φαραὼ ἀνδράσιν περὶ Ἀβράμ, συνπροπέμψαι αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ, καὶ Λὼτ μετ’ αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יְצַ֥ו עָלָ֛י/ו פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּח֥וּ אֹת֛/וֹ וְ/אֶת אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ וְ/אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Ps 105:14 — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;