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The First Book of Moses, Called
Genesis
CHAPTER 12.
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 Shechem,
unto the great oak tree 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
Ai 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: so 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 that 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 treated 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 that I 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 on his way, and his wife, and all that he had.
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