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
shew 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.