Genesis 12

¹Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you.

²And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.

³I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

⁴And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

⁵And he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it,

⁶Abram passed through the land even to the place of Shechem, as far as the famous steep valley. Now at that time, the Canaanite was in the land.

⁷Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and he said to him, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

⁸And passing on from there to a mountain, which was opposite the east of Bethel, he pitched his tent there, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the east. He also built an altar there to the Lord, and he called upon his name.

⁹And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward the south.

¹⁰But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.

¹¹And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.

¹²And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain you.

¹³Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor.”

¹⁴And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.

¹⁵And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.

¹⁶In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.

¹⁷But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.

¹⁸And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?

¹⁹For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go.”

²⁰And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.

Genesis 12

¹And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of thy father's house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

²And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

³I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

⁴So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth from Haran.

⁵And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance which they had gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in Haran: and they went out to go into the land of Chanaan. And when they were come into it,

⁶Abram passed through the country unto the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaanite was at that time in the land.

⁷And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

⁸And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.

⁹And Abram went forward, going and proceeding on to the south.

¹⁰And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.

¹¹And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:

¹²And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.

¹³Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake.

¹⁴And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful.

¹⁵And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao.

¹⁶And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and he asses, and men servants, and maid servants, and she asses, and camels.

¹⁷But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.

¹⁸And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

¹⁹For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

²⁰And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away and his wife, and all that he had.