Genesis 12

1Now the LORDH3068 had saidH559 to AbramH87, DepartH3212 from thy countryH776, and from thy kindredH4138, and from thy father’sH1 houseH1004, to a landH776 that I will showH7200 thee: 2And I will make of theeH6213 a greatH1419 nationH1471, and I will blessH1288 thee, and makeH1431 thy nameH8034 greatH1431; and thou shalt be a blessingH1293: 3And I will blessH1288 them that blessH1288 thee, and curseH779 him that cursethH7043 thee: and in thee shall all familiesH4940 of the earthH127 be blessedH1288.

4So AbramH87 departedH3212, as the LORDH3068 had spokenH1696 to him; and LotH3876 wentH3212 with him: and AbramH87 was seventyH7657H8141 and fiveH2568 yearsH8141 oldH1121 when he departedH3318 from HaranH2771. 5And AbramH87 tookH3947 SaraiH8297 his wifeH802, and LotH3876 his brother’sH251 sonH1121, and all their substanceH7399 that they had gatheredH7408, and the soulsH5315 that they had gottenH6213 in HaranH2771; and they wentH3318 to go forthH3212 into the landH776 of CanaanH3667; and into the landH776 of CanaanH3667 they cameH935.

6And AbramH87 passed throughH5674 the landH776 to the placeH4725 of SichemH7927, to the plainH436 of MorehH4176. And the CanaaniteH3669 was thenH227 in the landH776.1 7And the LORDH3068 appearedH7200 to AbramH87, and saidH559, To thy seedH2233 will I giveH5414 thisH2063 landH776: and there he builtH1129 an altarH4196 to the LORDH3068, who appearedH7200 to him. 8And he departedH6275 from there to a mountainH2022 on the eastH6924 of BethelH1008, and pitchedH5186 his tentH168, having BethelH1008 on the westH3220, and AiH5857 on the eastH6924: and there he builtH1129 an altarH4196 to the LORDH3068, and calledH7121 upon the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068. 9And AbramH87 journeyedH5265, going onH1980 stillH5265 toward the southH5045.2

10And there was a famineH7458 in the landH776: and AbramH87 went downH3381 into EgyptH4714 to dwellH1481 there; for the famineH7458 was grievousH3515 in the landH776. 11And it came to pass, whenH834 he had come nearH7126 to enterH935 into EgyptH4714, that he saidH559 to SaraiH8297 his wifeH802, BeholdH2009 nowH4994, I knowH3045 that thou art a fairH3303 womanH802 to look uponH4758: 12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the EgyptiansH4713 shall seeH7200 thee, that they shall sayH559, This is his wifeH802: and they will killH2026 me, but they will save thee aliveH2421. 13SayH559, I pray theeH4994, thou art my sisterH269: thatH4616 it may be wellH3190 with me for thy sake; and my soulH5315 shall liveH2421 because of theeH1558.

14And it came to pass, that, when AbramH87 had comeH935 into EgyptH4714, the EgyptiansH4713 beheldH7200 the womanH802 that she was veryH3966 fairH3303. 15The princesH8269 also of PharaohH6547 sawH7200 her, and commendedH1984 her beforeH413 PharaohH6547: and the womanH802 was takenH3947 into Pharaoh’sH6547 houseH1004. 16And he treatedH3190 AbramH87 wellH3190 for her sake: and he had sheepH6629, and oxenH1241, and male donkeysH2543, and maleH5650 and female servantsH8198, and female donkeysH860, and camelsH1581. 17And the LORDH3068 afflictedH5060 PharaohH6547 and his houseH1004 with greatH1419 plaguesH5061 because ofH1697 SaraiH8297 Abram’sH87 wifeH802. 18And PharaohH6547 calledH7121 AbramH87, and saidH559, What is this that thou hast doneH6213 to me? why didst thou not tellH5046 me that she is thy wifeH802? 19Why saidst thouH559, She is my sisterH269? so I might have takenH3947 her to me for a wifeH802: now therefore behold thy wifeH802, takeH3947 her, and go thy wayH3212. 20And PharaohH6547 commandedH6680 his menH582 concerning him: and they sent him awayH7971, and his wifeH802, and all that he had.