Verse 1
Now the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Abram{H87}, Get thee out{H3212}{(H8798)} of thy country{H776}, and from thy kindred{H4138}, and from thy father's{H1} house{H1004}, unto a land{H776} that I will shew{H7200}{(H8686)} thee:
Verse 2
And I will make of thee{H6213}{(H8799)} a great{H1419} nation{H1471}, and I will bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee, and make{H1431} thy name{H8034} great{H1431}{(H8762)}; and thou shalt be a blessing{H1293}:
Verse 3
And I will bless{H1288}{(H8762)} them that bless{H1288}{(H8764)} thee, and curse{H779}{(H8799)} him that curseth{H7043}{(H8764)} thee: and in thee shall all families{H4940} of the earth{H127} be blessed{H1288}{(H8738)}.
Verse 4
So Abram{H87} departed{H3212}{(H8799)}, as the LORD{H3068} had spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} unto him; and Lot{H3876} went{H3212}{(H8799)} with him: and Abram{H87} was seventy{H7657}{H8141} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he departed{H3318}{(H8800)} out of Haran{H2771}.
Verse 5
And Abram{H87} took{H3947}{(H8799)} Sarai{H8297} his wife{H802}, and Lot{H3876} his brother's{H251} son{H1121}, and all their substance{H7399} that they had gathered{H7408}{(H8804)}, and the souls{H5315} that they had gotten{H6213}{(H8804)} in Haran{H2771}; and they went forth{H3318}{(H8799)} to go{H3212}{(H8800)} into the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}; and into the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} they came{H935}{(H8799)}.
Verse 6
And Abram{H87} passed through{H5674}{(H8799)} the land{H776} unto the place{H4725} of Sichem{H7927}, unto the plain{H436} of Moreh{H4176}. And the Canaanite{H3669} was then{H227} in the land{H776}.
Verse 7
And the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} unto Abram{H87}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Unto thy seed{H2233} will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} this{H2063} land{H776}: and there builded{H1129}{(H8799)} he an altar{H4196} unto the LORD{H3068}, who appeared{H7200}{(H8737)} unto him.
Verse 8
And he removed{H6275}{(H8686)} from thence unto a mountain{H2022} on the east{H6924} of Bethel{H1008}, and pitched{H5186}{(H8799)} his tent{H168}, having Bethel{H1008} on the west{H3220}, and Hai{H5857} on the east{H6924}: and there he builded{H1129}{(H8799)} an altar{H4196} unto the LORD{H3068}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} upon the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}.
Verse 9
And Abram{H87} journeyed{H5265}{(H8799)}, going on{H1980}{(H8800)} still{H5265}{(H8800)} toward the south{H5045}.
Verse 10
And there was a famine{H7458} in the land{H776}: and Abram{H87} went down{H3381}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} there; for the famine{H7458} was grievous{H3515} in the land{H776}.
Verse 11
And it came to pass, when{H834} he was come near{H7126}{(H8689)} to enter{H935}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}, that he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Sarai{H8297} his wife{H802}, Behold{H2009} now{H4994}, I know{H3045}{(H8804)} that thou art a fair{H3303} woman{H802} to look upon{H4758}:
Verse 12
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians{H4713} shall see{H7200}{(H8799)} thee, that they shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, This is his wife{H802}: and they will kill{H2026}{(H8804)} me, but they will save thee alive{H2421}{(H8762)}.
Verse 13
Say{H559}{(H8798)}, I pray thee{H4994}, thou art my sister{H269}: that{H4616} it may be well{H3190}{(H8799)} with me for thy sake; and my soul{H5315} shall live{H2421}{(H8804)} because of thee{H1558}.
Verse 14
And it came to pass, that, when Abram{H87} was come{H935}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}, the Egyptians{H4713} beheld{H7200}{(H8799)} the woman{H802} that she was very{H3966} fair{H3303}.
Verse 15
The princes{H8269} also of Pharaoh{H6547} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} her, and commended{H1984}{(H8762)} her before{H413} Pharaoh{H6547}: and the woman{H802} was taken{H3947}{(H8714)} into Pharaoh's{H6547} house{H1004}.
Verse 16
And he entreated{H3190} Abram{H87} well{H3190}{(H8689)} for her sake: and he had sheep{H6629}, and oxen{H1241}, and he asses{H2543}, and menservants{H5650}, and maidservants{H8198}, and she asses{H860}, and camels{H1581}.
Verse 17
And the LORD{H3068} plagued{H5060}{(H8762)} Pharaoh{H6547} and his house{H1004} with great{H1419} plagues{H5061} because of{H1697} Sarai{H8297} Abram's{H87} wife{H802}.
Verse 18
And Pharaoh{H6547} called{H7121}{(H8799)} Abram{H87}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, What is this that thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto me? why didst thou not tell{H5046}{(H8689)} me that she was thy wife{H802}?
Verse 19
Why saidst thou{H559}{(H8804)}, She is my sister{H269}? so I might have taken{H3947}{(H8799)} her to me to wife{H802}: now therefore behold thy wife{H802}, take{H3947}{(H8798)} her, and go thy way{H3212}{(H8798)}.
Verse 20
And Pharaoh{H6547} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} his men{H582} concerning him: and they sent him away{H7971}{(H8762)}, and his wife{H802}, and all that he had.