“1 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: 2 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: 3 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.”
“4 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. 5 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.”
“6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto
the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land. 7 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. 8
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. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.”
“10 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. 11 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: 12 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. 13 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.”
“14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair. 15 The princes also
of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was
taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 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. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh
and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife. 18 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? 19 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. 20 And
Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and
his wife, and all that he had.” (Ge 12:1-20 AV)
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