Genesis 40:15
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"For I was in factגֻנֹּ֣ב
(gun·nov)
1589: to steala prim. root
kidnappedגֻּנַּ֔בְתִּי
(gun·nav·ti,)
1589: to steala prim. root
from the landמֵאֶ֖רֶץ
(me·'e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
of the Hebrews,הָעִבְרִ֑ים
(ha·'iv·rim;)
5680: perhaps desc. of Eber, also another name for an Isr.from Eber
and evenוְגַם־
(ve·gam-)
1571: also, moreover, yeafrom an unused word
hereפֹּה֙
(poh)
6311: here, hithera prim. adverb
I have doneעָשִׂ֣יתִֽי
(a·si·ti)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
nothingלֹא־
(lo-)
3808: nota prim. adverb
that they should have putשָׂמ֥וּ
(sa·mu)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
me into the dungeon."בַּבֹּֽור׃
(bab·bo·vr.)
953a: a pit, cistern, wellfrom baar


















KJV Lexicon
For indeed I was stolen away
ganab  (gaw-nab')
to thieve; by implication, to deceive -- carry away, indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
out of the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of the Hebrews
`Ibriy  (ib-ree')
an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber -- Hebrew(-ess, woman).
and here also have I done
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
nothing
muwmah  (meh-oo'-maw)
a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing -- fault, + no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any (no-)thing.
that they should put
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
me into the dungeon
bowr  (bore)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"For I was in fact kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon."

King James Bible
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon."

International Standard Version
because I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. Not only that, I haven't done anything that deserves me being confined to this pit."

NET Bible
for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I've done nothing to deserve being put in this prison."

King James 2000 Bible
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
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