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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:
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. |
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| 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. |