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| ==Chapter .12== | | ==Chapter .12== |
− | [1] | + | [1] <u>Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. |
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− | Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
| + | [2] And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.</u> |
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− | [2] And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. | |
| [3] I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves." | | [3] I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves." |
− | [4] | + | [4] So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. |
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− | So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. | |
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| [5] And Abram took Sar'ai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions which they had gathered, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan, | | [5] And Abram took Sar'ai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions which they had gathered, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan, |
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| [8] Thence he removed to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. | | [8] Thence he removed to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. |
| [9] And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb. | | [9] And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb. |
− | [10] | + | [10] Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. |
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− | Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. | |
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| [11] When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sar'ai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful to behold; | | [11] When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sar'ai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful to behold; |
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| [15] And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. | | [15] And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. |
| [16] And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels. | | [16] And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels. |
− | [17] | + | [17] But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sar'ai, Abram's wife. |
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− | But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sar'ai, Abram's wife. | |
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| [18] So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? | | [18] So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? |
| [19] Why did you say, `She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone." | | [19] Why did you say, `She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone." |
− | [20] And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him; and they set him on the way, with his wife and all that he had. | + | [20] And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him; and they set him on the way, with his wife and all that he had. |
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| ==Chapter .13== | | ==Chapter .13== |