Génesis 12:14

14 Y aconteció que cuando Abram entró en Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer 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 y sucederá que cuando te vean los egipcios, dirán: "Esta es su mujer"; y me matarán, pero a ti te dejarán vivir.

13 Di, por favor, que eres mi hermana, para que me vaya bien por causa tuya, y para que yo viva gracias a ti.

14 Y aconteció que cuando Abram entró en Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer era muy hermosa.

15 Y la vieron los oficiales de Faraón, y la alabaron delante de él; y la mujer fue llevada a la casa de Faraón.

16 Y éste trató bien a Abram por causa de ella; y le dio ovejas, vacas, asnos, siervos, siervas, asnas y camellos.