Génesis 12:14

14 Cuando Abram llegó a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que Saray era muy hermosa.

Génesis 12:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 12:14

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt,
&c.] To the city of Heliopolis; for there it was that Abram had his abode, as Eupolemus ^F18 says, when upon the famine he went into Egypt, and where he conversed with the Egyptian priests, and taught them astrology, and other things belonging to it; and of this descent of Abram into Egypt, and teaching astrology, Artapanus ^F19, another Heathen writer, speaks; Abram, he says, having learned the science of astrology, went first into Phoenicia and taught it the Phoenicians, and afterwards went into Egypt, and taught it there.

[The] Egyptians beheld the woman, that she was very fair;
Abram knew that Sarai was a fair woman; but in the eyes of the Egyptians she was very fair, exceeding fair, they not being used to see very beautiful women.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Apud Euseb. ut supra. (Praepar. Evangel. c. 17. p. 418, 419.)
F19 Apud ib. c. 18. p. 420.

Génesis 12:14 In-Context

12 Estoy seguro que en cuanto te vean los egipcios, dirán: “Es su esposa”; entonces a mí me matarán, pero a ti te dejarán con vida.

13 Por favor, di que eres mi hermana, para que gracias a ti me vaya bien y me dejen con vida».

14 Cuando Abram llegó a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que Saray era muy hermosa.

15 También los funcionarios del faraón la vieron, y fueron a contarle al faraón lo hermosa que era. Entonces la llevaron al palacio real.

16 Gracias a ella trataron muy bien a Abram. Le dieron ovejas, vacas, esclavos y esclavas, asnos y asnas, y camellos.