Herren sa til Abram: «Gå bort fra ditt land, din slektskrets og din fars hus, til det landet jeg skal vise deg.

The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and your father's household to the land that I will show you."

Jeg vil gjøre deg til et stort folk. Jeg vil velsigne deg og gjøre ditt navn stort, så du skal bli en velsignelse.

And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Jeg vil velsigne dem som velsigner deg, og den som forbanner deg skal jeg forbanne. I deg skal alle slekter på jorden bli velsignet.»

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.

Så dro Abram av sted, slik Herren hadde sagt ham, og Lot gikk med ham. Abram var 75 år gammel da han dro fra Haran.

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Abram tok sin kone Sarai, sin nevø Lot, alle eiendeler de hadde samlet seg, og folkene de hadde fått i Haran, og de dro til landet Kanaan. Da de kom til Kanaan,

Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all their possessions that they had acquired, and the people they had gained in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

passerte Abram gjennom landet til stedet ved Sikem, til More-eika. Kanaanittene bodde da i landet.

Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the great tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were in the land.

Da viste Herren seg for Abram og sa: «Til din ætt vil jeg gi dette landet.» Der bygde Abram et alter for Herren som hadde vist seg for ham.

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Etterpå flyttet han mot fjellene øst for Betel og slo opp teltet sitt med Betel i vest og Ai i øst. Han bygde et alter der også for Herren og påkalte Herrens navn.

From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

Så fortsatte Abram videre og dro sørover mot Negev.

Then Abram set out and continued traveling toward the Negev.

Det ble hungersnød i landet, så Abram dro ned til Egypt for å bo der, fordi hungersnøden var hard i landet.

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Da han nærmet seg Egypt, sa han til Sarai, sin kone: «Se, jeg vet at du er en vakker kvinne å se på.

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

Når egypterne ser deg, vil de si: 'Dette er hans kone', og de vil drepe meg, men deg vil de la leve.

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me, but they will let you live.

Si derfor, vær så snill, at du er min søster, så det skal gå godt med meg for din skyld, og jeg får leve på grunn av deg.»

Please say that you are my sister, so that it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared because of you."

Da Abram kom til Egypt, så egypterne at kvinnen var svært vakker.

When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.

Faraos hoffmenn så henne også og priste henne for Farao. Så ble kvinnen tatt til Faraos hus.

Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's palace.

Farao behandlet Abram godt for hennes skyld, og han fikk sauer, storfe, esler, tjenere, tjenestepiker, eselhopper og kameler.

He treated Abram well because of her, and Abram acquired sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Men Herren slo Farao og hans hus med store plager for Abrams kone Sarais skyld.

But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Da kalte Farao på Abram og sa: «Hva er dette du har gjort mot meg? Hvorfor fortalte du meg ikke at hun var din kone?

So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?"

Hvorfor sa du: 'Hun er min søster', så jeg tok henne til kone for meg? Her er nå din kone, ta henne og gå!»

"Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go."

Farao ga menn ordre om å la Abram fare, sammen med sin kone og alt det han eide.

Then Pharaoh gave orders to his men to send him away with his wife and everything he had.