Now
the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy fathers house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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:
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.
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.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his
brothers 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.
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.
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.
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.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the
south.
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.
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:
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.
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.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come
into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and
commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaohs
house.
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.
17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with
great plagues because of Sarai Abrams wife.
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?
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.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning
him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.