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Chapter 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 show 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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 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. |
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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. |
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17 | And the LORD plagued
Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
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| 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. |
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20 | And Pharaoh commanded
his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he
had. |
