KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 12:18–19
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Genesis 12:18
18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done vnto me? Why diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?
Genesis 12:19
19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
19Why saidest thou, Shee is my sister? so I might haue taken her to mee to wife: now therfore behold, thy wife, take her and goe thy way.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 12:18
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To speak, relate, count, declare, inform, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 12:19
Said: spoke, declared, told, or expressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Open the full verse study9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
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Open the full verse study9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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Open the full verse study43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
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Open the full verse study1THE king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
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Open the full verse study21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
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Open the full verse study13And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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Open the full verse study26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
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Open the full verse study10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
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Open the full verse study15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
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Open the full verse study19And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
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