Genesis 12
12
The Call of Abram
1Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your family, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. # Ge 15:7; Heb 11:8
2I will make of you a great nation;
I will bless you
and make your name great,
so that you will be a blessing. # Ge 15:5; 18:18; Dt 26:5
3I will bless those who bless you
and curse him who curses you, # Ge 27:29 # 12:3 Or treats you lightly.
and in you all families of the earth
will be blessed.” # Ge 22:18; 26:4
4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Harran. # Ge 11:31 5Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran, # Ge 14:14 and they set out for the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan. # Ge 11:31
6Then Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. # Ge 35:4; Dt 11:30 The Canaanites were in the land at that time. # Ge 13:7 7The Lord appeared to Abram # Ge 17:1 and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” # Ge 13:15 So he built an altar to the Lord, # Ge 13:4 who had appeared to him.
8From there he continued on to a mountain to the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. # Ge 4:26 9Then Abram continued his journey toward the Negev. # Ge 13:3; 24:62
Abram in Egypt
Ge 20:1–18; 26:1–11
10Now there was a famine in the land, # Ge 43:1 so Abram went down to Egypt to live there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11When he was getting near to Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know you are a beautiful woman. # Ge 26:7; 29:17; Est 2:7 12Therefore, when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will then kill me, but they will let you live. # Ge 20:11; 26:7 13Say you are my sister so that I may be treated well for your sake. Then my life will be spared because of you.” # Ge 20:2
14So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful. 15The princes of Pharaoh saw her and commended her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16He treated Abram well for her sake, and he had sheep and livestock, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. # Ge 13:2; 20:14
17But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Abram’s wife, Sarai. # Ge 20:18; 1Ch 16:21 18So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, “What have you done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? # Ge 20:9–10 19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now here is your wife; take her and leave.” 20Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.
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The Holy Bible, Modern English Version
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Genesis 12
12
The Call of Abram
1And Yahweh said to Abram, “Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you. 2And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing. 3And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you.”
Abram’s Journey
4And Abram went out as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old#Literally “the son of five years and seventy years” when he went out from Haran. 5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew,#Literally “the son of his brother” and all their possessions that they had gathered, and all the persons that they had acquired in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan. And they went to the land of Canaan. 6And Abram traveled through the land up to the place of Shechem, to the Oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. 7And Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” And he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him. 8And he moved on from there to the hill country, east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent at Bethel on the west, and at Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Yahweh. And he called on the name of Yahweh. 9And Abram kept moving on,#Literally “And Abram moved on, going and moving on” toward the Negev. 10And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11And it happened that as he drew near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Look now, I know that you are a woman beautiful of appearance, 12and it shall happen that, if the Egyptians see you, then they will say, ‘This is his wife,’ then they will kill me but let you live. 13Please say you are my sister so that it will go well for me on your account. Then I will live#Literally “And my soul will live” on account of you.” 14And it happened that as Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. 15And the officials of Pharaoh saw her, and they praised her beauty to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh. 16And he dealt well with Abram on account of her, and he had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17Then#Or “And” Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues on account of the matter of Sarai the wife of Abram. 18Then Pharaoh called for Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19Why did you say ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to myself as a wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go.” 20And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and then sent him and his wife and all that was with him away.
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