Genesis - 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:

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 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.

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 Pharaoh's 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 - Abram - 's 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.