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Genesis 12
12:1

Now Yahweh3068 had said559 unto Abram,87 Get3212 thee out of thy country,776 and from thy kindred,4138 and from thy father's1 house,1004 unto a land776 that I will shew7200 thee:

12:2

And I will make6213 of thee a great1419 nation,1471 and I will bless1288 thee, and make thy name8034 great;1431 and thou shalt be a blessing:1293

12:3

And I will bless1288 them that bless1288 thee, and curse779 him that curseth7043 thee: and in thee shall all families4940 of the earth127 be blessed.1288

12:4

So Abram87 departed,3212 as Yahweh3068 had spoken1696 unto him; and Lot3876 went3212 with him: and Abram87 was seventy7657 and five2568 years8141 old1121 when he departed3318 out of Haran.2771

12:5

And Abram87 took3947 Sarai8297 his wife,802 and Lot3876 his brother's251 son,1121 and all their substance7399 that they had gathered,7408 and the souls5315 that they had gotten6213 in Haran;2771 and they went forth3318 to go3212 into the land776 of Canaan;3667 and into the land776 of Canaan3667 they came.935

12:6

And Abram87 passed5674 through the land776 unto the place4725 of Sichem,7927 unto the plain436 of Moreh.4176 And the Canaanite3669 was then227 in the land.776

12:7

And Yahweh3068 appeared7200 unto Abram,87 and said,559 Unto thy seed2233 will I give5414 this2063 land:776 and there builded1129 he an altar4196 unto Yahweh,3068 who appeared7200 unto him.

12:8

And he removed6275 from thence unto a mountain2022 on the east6924 of Bethel,1008 and pitched5186 his tent,168 having Bethel1008 on the west,3220 and Hai5857 on the east:6924 and there he builded1129 an altar4196 unto Yahweh,3068 and called7121 upon the name8034 of Yahweh.3068

12:9

And Abram87 journeyed,5265 going1980 on still5265 toward the south.5045

12:10

And there was a famine7458 in the land:776 and Abram87 went down3381 into Egypt4714 to sojourn1481 there; for the famine7458 was grievous3515 in the land.776

12:11

And it came to pass, when834 he was come near7126 to enter into935 Egypt,4714 that he said559 unto Sarai8297 his wife,802 Behold2009 now,4994 I know3045 that thou art a fair3303 woman802 to look upon:4758

12:12

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians4713 shall see7200 thee, that they shall say,559 This is his wife:802 and they will kill2026 me, but they will save thee alive.2421

12:13

Say,559 I pray thee,4994 thou art my sister:269 that4616 it may be well3190 with me for thy sake; and my soul5315 shall live2421 because of thee.1558

12:14

And it came to pass, that, when Abram87 was come935 into Egypt,4714 the Egyptians4713 beheld7200 the woman802 that she was very3966 fair.3303

12:15

The princes8269 also of Pharaoh6547 saw7200 her, and commended1984 her before413 Pharaoh:6547 and the woman802 was taken3947 into Pharaoh's6547 house.1004

12:16

And he entreated3190 Abram87 well for her sake: and he had sheep,6629 and oxen,1241 and he donkeys,2543 and menservants,5650 and maidservants,8198 and she donkeys,860 and camels.1581

12:17

And Yahweh3068 plagued5060 Pharaoh6547 and his house1004 with great1419 plagues5061 because of1697 Sarai8297 Abram's87 wife.802

12:18

And Pharaoh6547 called7121 Abram,87 and said,559 What is this that thou hast done6213 unto me? why didst thou not tell5046 me that she was thy wife?802

12:19

Why saidst559 thou, She is my sister?269 so I might have taken3947 her to me to wife:802 now therefore behold thy wife,802 take3947 her, and go3212 thy way.

12:20

And Pharaoh6547 commanded6680 his men582 concerning him: and they sent him away,7971 and his wife,802 and all that he had.