Genesis 12
GEN 12:1 And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from
thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.
GEN 12:2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy
name great; and be thou a blessing.
GEN 12:3 And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I
curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'
GEN 12:4 And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with
him, and Abram `is' a son of five and seventy years in his going out from
Charan.
GEN 12:5 And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all
their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained
in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to
the land of Canaan.
GEN 12:6 And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the
oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite `is' then in the land.
GEN 12:7 And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this
land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.
GEN 12:8 And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El,
and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he
buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.
GEN 12:9 And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
GEN 12:10 And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt
to sojourn there, for the famine `is' grievous in the land;
GEN 12:11 and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he
saith unto Sarai his wife, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou `art' a
woman of beautiful appearance;
GEN 12:12 and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have
said, `This `is' his wife,' and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:
GEN 12:13 say, I pray thee, thou `art' my sister, so that it is well with me
because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'
GEN 12:14 And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the
Egyptians see the woman that she `is' exceeding fair;
GEN 12:15 and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the
woman is taken `to' Pharaoh's house;
GEN 12:16 and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and
oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.
GEN 12:17 And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the
matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.
GEN 12:18 And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What `is' this thou hast
done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she `is' thy wife?
GEN 12:19 Why hast thou said, She `is' my sister, and I take her to myself for a
wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'
GEN 12:20 And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and
his wife, an all that he hath.
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