Genesis 12
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.
