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:
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
:
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
.
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
.
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
.
And Abram passed through
the land
unto the place
of Sichem
, unto the plain
of Moreh
. And the Canaanite
was then
in the land
.
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.
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
.
And Abram journeyed
, going on
still
toward the south
.
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
.
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
:
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
.
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
.
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come
into Egypt
, the Egyptians
beheld
the woman
that she was very
fair
.
The princes also of Pharaoh
saw
her, and commended
her before
Pharaoh
: and the woman
was taken
into Pharaoh's
house
.
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
.
And the LORD plagued
Pharaoh
and his house
with great
plagues
because of
Sarai
Abram's
wife
.
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
?
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
.
And Pharaoh commanded
his men
concerning him: and they sent him away
, and his wife
, and all that he had.