Genesis 12

Abram Journeys to Egypt

1Now 1the LordH3068 saidH559 to AbramH87, “GoH1980 from your countryH776, And from your relativesH4138 And from your father’sH1 houseH1004, To the landH776 whichH834 I will showH7200 you;2And 2I will makeH6213 you into a greatH1419 nationH1471, And 3I will blessH1288 you, And makeH1431 your nameH8034 greatH1431; And you shall 4be a blessingH1293;3And 5I will blessH1288 those who blessH1288 you, And the one who 6cursesH7043 you I will 7curseH779. 8And in you allH3605 the familiesH4940 of the earthH127 will be blessedH1288.”

4So AbramH87 wentH1980 away as the LordH3068 had spokenH1696 to him; and 9LotH3876 wentH1980 with him. Now AbramH87 was seventy-fiveH7657 yearsH8141 oldH1121 when he departedH3318 from HaranH2771. 5AbramH87 tookH3947 his wifeH802 SaraiH8297 and his nephewH1121H251 LotH3876, and allH3605 their 10possessionsH7399 whichH834 they had accumulatedH7408, and 11the 12peopleH5315 whichH834 they had acquiredH6213 in HaranH2771, and they 13setH3318H1980 out for the landH776 of CanaanH3667; 14so they cameH935 to the landH776 of CanaanH3667. 6AbramH87 passedH5674 through the landH776 as farH5704 as the siteH4725 of 15ShechemH7927, to the 16oakH436 of MorehH4176. Now the CanaanitesH3669 were in the landH776 atH227 thatH227 timeH227. 7And the LordH3068 17appearedH7200 to AbramH87 and saidH559, “18To your 19descendantsH2233 I will giveH5414 thisH2088 landH776.” So he builtH1129 20an altarH4196 thereH8033 to the LordH3068 who had appearedH7200 to him. 8Then he proceededH6275 from thereH8033 to the mountainH2022 on the eastH6924 of BethelH1008, and pitchedH5186 his tentH168 with 21BethelH1008 on the westH3220 and AiH5857 on the eastH6924; and thereH8033 he builtH1129 an altarH4196 to the LordH3068 and 22calledH7121 upon the nameH8034 of the LordH3068. 9Then AbramH87 journeyedH5265 onH5265, continuingH1980H5265 toward 23the 24NegevH5045.

10Now there was 25a famineH7458 in the landH776; so AbramH87 wentH3381 downH3381 to EgyptH4714 to liveH1481 thereH8033 forH1481 aH1481 timeH1481, becauseH3588 the famineH7458 was 26severeH3515 in the landH776. 11It cameH1961 aboutH1961, whenH3512 he 27was approachingH7126H935 EgyptH4714, that he saidH559 to his wifeH802 SaraiH8297, “SeeH2009 nowH4994, I knowH3045 that you are a 2829beautifulH3303 womanH802; 1230and whenH3588 the EgyptiansH4713 seeH7200 you, they will sayH559, ‘ThisH2088 is his wifeH802’; and they will killH2026 me, but they will let you liveH2421. 13PleaseH4994 sayH559 that you are 31my sisterH269 soH4616 thatH4616 it may goH3190 wellH3190 for me becauseH5668 of you, and that 3233I may liveH2421 on accountH1558 of you.” 14Now it cameH1961 aboutH1961, when AbramH87 enteredH935 EgyptH4714, that the EgyptiansH4713 34sawH7200 that the womanH802 was veryH3966 beautifulH3303. 15Pharaoh’sH6547 officialsH8269 sawH7200 her and praisedH1984 her to PharaohH6547; and 35the womanH802 was takenH3947 into Pharaoh’sH6547 houseH1004. 16Therefore 36he treatedH3190 AbramH87 wellH3190 for her sakeH5668; and 3738he gaveH1961 him sheepH6629, oxenH1241, maleH2543 donkeysH2543, maleH5650 servantsH5650 and femaleH8198 servantsH8198, femaleH860 donkeysH860, and camelsH1581.

17But the LordH3068 39struckH5060 PharaohH6547 and his houseH1004 with greatH1419 plaguesH5061 becauseH5921H1697 of SaraiH8297, Abram’sH87 wifeH802. 18Then PharaohH6547 calledH7121 AbramH87 and saidH559, “40WhatH4100 is thisH2088 that you have doneH6213 to me? WhyH4100 did you not tellH5046 me that she was your wifeH802? 19WhyH4100 did you sayH559, ‘She is my sisterH269,’ so that I tookH3947 her for myself as a wifeH802? NowH6258 then, 41hereH2009 is your wifeH802, takeH3947 her and goH1980!” 20And PharaohH6547 commandedH6680 his menH376 concerningH5921 him; and they 42escortedH7971 him awayH7971, with his wifeH802 and allH3605 that belonged to him.