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 show thee:
Acts 7:3
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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.
Acts 3:25
Gal 3:8
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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. |