The Meaning of Genesis 12:20 Explained

Genesis 12:20

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

YLT: And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 12:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 12:10-20 - Abram And Sarai In Egypt
It is a comfort that the Holy Spirit permits us to trace the successive stages through which the father of those who believe made his way to the maturity of faith. We all stumble as we step out on the difficult path. But God is patient with His dull scholars and protects them. See Psalms 105:15. It was certain that no weapon formed against him could prosper, nor God's promise fail, yet Abram meanly sacrificed Sarai with his pitiful proposition for his own safety. This doubting outbreak would never have occurred, unless the patriarch had gone down to Egypt, which in Scripture stands for creature-confidence. See Isaiah 30:1. The God of glory, who had sent him forth, was responsible for his maintenance in Canaan, even though famine prevailed. He ought to have stayed quietly in the position to which God had called him, leaving the Almighty to provide. Live with God in the heights; and do not go down into Egypt. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 12

1  God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ
4  He departs with Lot from Haran, and comes to Canaan
6  He journeys through Canaan,
7  which is promised to him in a vision
10  He is driven by famine into Egypt
11  Fear makes him feign his wife to be his sister
14  Pharaoh, having taken her from him, is compelled to restore her
18  Pharaoh reproves Abram, whom he dismisses

What do the individual words in Genesis 12:20 mean?

so commanded concerning him Pharaoh [his] men and they sent away him and with his wife all that he had
וַיְצַ֥ו עָלָ֛יו פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וְאֶת־ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ כָּל־ אֲשֶׁר־ לֽוֹ

וַיְצַ֥ו  so  commanded 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
עָלָ֛יו  concerning  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
פַּרְעֹ֖ה  Pharaoh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּרְעֹה  
Sense: the common title of the king of Egypt.
אֲנָשִׁ֑ים  [his]  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ  and  they  sent  away 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ  with  his  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לֽוֹ  he  had 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular

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