GE-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 show

thee:

GE-12:2  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:

GE-12:3  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.

GE-12:4  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.

GE-12:5  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.

GE-12:6  And Abram passed through the land unto the place of

Sichem, unto the

plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.

GE-12:7  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.

GE-12:8  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.

GE-12:9  And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

GE-12:10  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.

GE-12:11  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:

GE-12:12  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.

GE-12:13  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.

GE-12:14  And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into

Egypt, the

Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.

GE-12:15  The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her

before

Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

GE-12:16  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.

GE-12:17  And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great

plagues

because of Sarai Abram's wife.

GE-12:18  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?

GE-12:19  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.

GE-12:20  And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and

they sent him

away, and his wife, and all that he had.

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