Genesis 12

1 And Jehovah saith unto Abram, ‘Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.YLT — Genesis 12:1

2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.YLT — Genesis 12:2

3 And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.’YLT — Genesis 12:3

4 And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram [is] a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.YLT — Genesis 12:4

5 And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.YLT — Genesis 12:5

6 And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land.YLT — Genesis 12:6

7 And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, ‘To thy seed I give this land;’ and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.YLT — Genesis 12:7

8 And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.YLT — Genesis 12:8

9 And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.YLT — Genesis 12:9

10 And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [is] grievous in the land;YLT — Genesis 12:10

11 and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, ‘Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou [art] a woman of beautiful appearance;YLT — Genesis 12:11

12 and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, ‘This [is] his wife,’ and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:YLT — Genesis 12:12

13 say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.’YLT — Genesis 12:13

14 And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceeding fair;YLT — Genesis 12:14

15 and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh's house;YLT — Genesis 12:15

16 and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.YLT — Genesis 12:16

17 And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house — great plagues — for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.YLT — Genesis 12:17

18 And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, ‘What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife?YLT — Genesis 12:18

19 Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.’YLT — Genesis 12:19

20 And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.YLT — Genesis 12:20