Genesis 12:15
“The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh,.... The king of Egypt; so it seems by this, that…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 12:10-20
- XXXVIII. Abram in Egypt 15. פרעה par‛oh, Par‘oh, “ouro.” Coptic for “king,” with the masculine article pi. or p.…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The woman was taken into Pharaoh's house - Pharaoh appears to have been the common appellative of the Cuthite shepherd…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 12:14-20
Here is, I. The danger Sarai was in of having her chastity violated by the king of Egypt: and without doubt the peril of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the princes of Pharaoh i.e. the chief officers at the court of the king of Egypt. Pharaoh is not a proper name, but the…
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