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Ramban on Genesis 12:15/רמב"ן על בראשית י״ב:ט״ו

אוְטַעַם וַיִּרְאוּ אֹתָהּ שָׂרֵי פַרְעֹה כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאוּ אוֹתָהּ הַמִּצְרִים אָמְרוּ רְאוּיָה זֹאת לַשָּׂרִים הַגְּדוֹלִים, וְהִנֵּה הֱבִיאוּהָ אֲלֵיהֶם וְגַם הֵם יָרְאוּ לְנַפְשָׁם מִנְּגֹעַ בָּהּ, כִּי מִפְּנֵי הַיֹּפִי הַגָּדוֹל יָדְעוּ כִּי הַמֶּלֶךְ יַחְפֹּץ בָּהּ מְאֹד, וַיְהַלְלוּ אוֹתָהּ בֵּינֵיהֶם לוֹמַר רְאוּיָה הִיא לַמֶּלֶךְ, לְשׁוֹן רַשִׁ"י (רש"י על בראשית י"ב:ט"ו). וְזֶה דַּעַת אוּנְקְלוֹס (תרגום אונקלוס על בראשית י"ב:ט"ו) שֶׁאָמַר, וְשַׁבַּחוּ יָתַהּ לְוָת פַּרְעֹה. אוֹ שֶׁהִלְּלוּהָ אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ עַצְמוֹ וְשָׁלַח וּלְקָחָהּ:

1AND THE PRINCES OF PHARAOH SAW HER. The purport⁹⁵. Why does it say here again, And the princes of Pharaoh saw her? thereof is that when the Egyptians saw her they said, “This one is worthy of the great princes,” and so they brought her before them. But they were also afraid of touching her for due to her great beauty, they knew that the king would desire her exceedingly. “And they praised her among themselves saying, ‘This one is worthy of the king.’” Thus the language of Rashi.This is in accordance with the opinion of Onkelos who says, “And they praised her for Pharaoh.”⁹⁶ Pharaoh. Or it may be that they praised her to the king himself, and he sent for her and took her.