Genesis 12
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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. 2 And I make thee become a great *nation, and
bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. 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.' 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 9 And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the *south. 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; 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; 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: 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.' 14 And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that
the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceeding fair; 15 and princes of
Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to]
Pharaoh's house; 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. 17 And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his
house--great plagues--for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife. 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? 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.' 20 And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and
his wife, an all that he hath.