Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Genesis 12:17

Context
NETBible

But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases 1  because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

XREF

Ge 20:18; 1Ch 16:21; 1Ch 21:22; Job 34:19; Ps 105:14,15; Heb 13:4

NET © Notes

tn The cognate accusative adds emphasis to the verbal sentence: “he plagued with great plagues,” meaning the Lord inflicted numerous plagues, probably diseases (see Exod 15:26). The adjective “great” emphasizes that the plagues were severe and overwhelming.



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