| 12:1 |
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's
house, unto a land that I will show thee: |
| 12:2 |
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a
blessing: |
| 12:3 |
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him
that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed. |
| 12:4 |
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;
and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five
years old when he departed out of Haran. |
| 12:5 |
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's
son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and
the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went
forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of
Canaan they came. |
| 12:6 |
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of
Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was
then in the land. |
| 12:7 |
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy
seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar
unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. |
| 12:8 |
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the
east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on
the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an
altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. |
| 12:9 |
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. |
| 12:10 |
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went
down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was
grievous in the land. |
| 12:11 |
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter
into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now,
I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: |
| 12:12 |
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians
shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife:
and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. |
| 12:13 |
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be
well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because
of thee. |
| 12:14 |
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into
Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very
fair. |
| 12:15 |
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended
her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into
Pharaoh's house. |
| 12:16 |
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had
sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and
maidservants, and she asses, and camels. |
| 12:17 |
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great
plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. |
| 12:18 |
And 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? |
| 12:19 |
Why 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. |
| 12:20 |
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and
they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. |