Words

עֲבוּר H5668

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for the sake of (בַּעֲבוּר)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

for thy sake / because of

Note

Cause and purpose both (8:21; 12:13, 16; 18:26); "for your sake" (3:17) keeps both, as the KJV's English did

Rulings

2

Occurrences (4)

Genesis 3

• 3:17 And to man he said, "Because you heard the voice of your woman and ate from the tree that I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it,' cursed is the ground for your sake; in pain you shall eat it all the days of your life.

Genesis 8

• 8:21 And smelled the restful scent, and said to his heart, "I will not add to make light of the ground again for the sake of the human, for the shaping of the heart of the human is bad from his youth; and I will not add again to strike every living thing, as I have done.

Genesis 12

• 12:13 Say, please, that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me for your sake, and my soul shall live on account of you."
• 12:16 And to Abram he did well for her sake, and there were to him flock and herd and donkeys and slaves and maids and she-donkeys and camels.