Genesis 12

1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

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

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

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

8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

9 And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

13 Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

14 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

16 He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

17 The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

20 Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.

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 shew thee:

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

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.

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 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.

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.

14 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.

15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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.

17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

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?

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.

20 And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

1 And the LORD said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land which I will shew thee.

2 And I will make thee a great nation, and will bless thee, and make thee a great name, and thou shalt be a blessing.

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

4 And Abram went out, as the LORD had said unto him; and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy and five years old when he went out of Haran.

5 So Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gotten, and the souls that they had begotten in Haran, and departed to go into the land of Canaan. And when they were come into that same land,

6 And Abram passed through unto the place of Shechem, and unto the grove of More. For the Canaanites dwelt in the land at that time.

7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar unto the LORD, which appeared unto him.

8 And afterward he departed from thence unto a mountain that was toward the east of the city of Bethel, and pitched his tent, that he might have Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east: and there he built an altar unto the LORD, and preached of the name of the LORD.

9 And afterward Abram departed, and went out toward the south.

10 And there came a plague into the land. And Abram went down into Egypt, to abstain there as a stranger: for the plague was great in the land.

11 And when he was come nigh unto Egypt, he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold, I know that thou art a fair woman in countenance.

12 And when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife: and they shall slay me, and keep thee.

13 Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may be the better for thy sake, and that my soul may abide in life for thy sake.

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

15 And Pharaoh's princes saw her, and praised her before him. And she was brought into Pharaoh's house.

16 And he did good unto Abram for their sakes. And he had sheep, and oxen, and asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and asses, and camels.

17 But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh with great plagues, and his house because of Sarai Abram's wife.

18 And Pharaoh called Abram unto him, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this thing unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

19 Wherefore saidst thou then that she was thy sister? because I would take her to me to wife. And now, behold, There's your wife. Take her and go.

20 And Pharaoh commanded his men to go over him, and his wife, and all that he had.