1Now 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:
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and
I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou
shalt be a blessing:
3And I will bless them that bless thee, and
curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all
families of the earth be blessed.
4So 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.
5And 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.
6And Abram passed through the land unto the
place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the
Canaanite was then
in the land.
7And 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.
8And 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.
9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward
the south.
10And there was a famine in the land: and
Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the
famine was grievous
in the land.
11And 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:
12Therefore 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.
13Say, 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.
14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was
come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that
she was very
fair.
15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and
commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was
taken into Pharaoh's house.
16And 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.
17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house
with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18And 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?
19Why 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.
20And Pharaoh commanded his men
concerning him: and they sent him away, and his
wife, and all that he had.