Bible, King James Version
Genesis
Gen.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.
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