Now athe LORD said
to Abram
, " 1Go
forth from your country
, And from your relatives
And from your father's
house
, To the land
which
I will show
you;
And aI will make you a great
nation
, And bI will bless
you, And make
your name
great
; And so 1 cyou shall be a blessing
;
And aI will bless those who bless
you, And the one who 1curses
you I will 2curse
. bAnd in you all
the families
of the earth
will be blessed
."
So Abram went
forth as the LORD
had spoken
to him; and aLot
went
with him. Now Abram
was seventy-five
years
old
when he departed
from Haran
.
Abram took
Sarai
his wife
and Lot
his nephew
, and all
their apossessions
which
they had accumulated
, and bthe 1persons
which
they had acquired
in Haran
, and they 2set
out for the land
of Canaan
; cthus they came
to the land
of Canaan
.
Abram passed
through
the land
as far
as the site
of aShechem
, to the 1oak
of Moreh
. Now the Canaanite
was then
in the land
.
The LORD aappeared
to Abram
and said
, " bTo your 1descendants
I will give
this
land
." So he built
can altar
there
to the LORD
who had appeared
to him.
Then he proceeded from there
to the mountain
on the east
of Bethel
, and pitched
his tent
, with aBethel
on the west
and Ai
on the east
; and there
he built
an altar
to the LORD
and bcalled
upon the name
of the LORD
.
Abram journeyed
on, continuing
toward athe 1Negev
.
Now there was aa famine in the land
; so Abram
went
down
to Egypt
to sojourn
there
, for the famine
was bsevere
in the land
.
It came about when
he 1came
near
to Egypt
, that he said
to Sarai
his wife
, "See
now
, I know
that you are a 2 abeautiful
woman
;
aand when the Egyptians
see
you, they will say
, `This
is his wife
'; and they will kill
me, but they will let you live
.
"Please say
that you are amy sister
so
that it may go
well
with me because
of you, and that 1 bI may live
on account
of you."
It came about when Abram
came
into Egypt
, the Egyptians
1saw
that the woman
was very
beautiful
.
Pharaoh's officials
saw
her and praised
her to Pharaoh
; and athe woman
was taken
into Pharaoh's
house
.
Therefore ahe treated Abram
well
for her sake
; and 1 bgave
him sheep
and oxen
and donkeys
and male
and female
servants
and female
donkeys
and camels
.
But the LORD astruck
Pharaoh
and his house
with great
plagues
because
of Sarai
, Abram's
wife
.
Then Pharaoh called
Abram
and said
, " aWhat
is this
you have done
to me? Why
did you not tell
me that she was your wife
?
"Why did you say
, `She is my sister
,' so that I took
her for my wife
? Now
then, 1here
is your wife
, take
her and go
."
Pharaoh commanded
his men
concerning
him; and they 1escorted
him away
, with his wife
and all
that belonged to him.