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1. And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee.
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1. Now the LORD H3068 had said H559 unto H413 Abram H87 , Get thee out H1980 of thy country H4480 H776 , and from thy kindred H4480 H4138 , and from thy father's house H4480 H1004 H1 , unto H413 a land H776 that H834 I will show H7200 thee:
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2. And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
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2. And I will make H6213 of thee a great H1419 nation H1471 , and I will bless H1288 thee , and make thy name great H1431 H8034 ; and thou shalt be H1961 a blessing H1293 :
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3. And I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
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3. And I will bless H1288 them that bless H1288 thee , and curse H779 him that curseth H7043 thee : and in thee shall all H3605 families H4940 of the earth H127 be blessed H1288 .
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4. And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.
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4. So Abram H87 departed H1980 , as H834 the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 unto H413 him ; and Lot H3876 went H1980 with H854 him : and Abram H87 was seventy H7657 and five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he departed H3318 out of Haran H4480 H2771 .
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5. And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan. Alex. +and came into the land of Chanaan; So the Heb.
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5. And Abram H87 took H3947 H853 Sarai H8297 his wife H802 , and Lot H3876 his brother H251 's son H1121 , and all H3605 their substance H7399 that H834 they had gathered H7408 , and the souls H5315 that H834 they had gotten H6213 in Haran H2771 ; and they went forth H3318 to go H1980 into the land H776 of Canaan H3667 ; and into the land H776 of Canaan H3667 they came H935 .
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6. And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.
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6. And Abram H87 passed through H5674 the land H776 unto H5704 the place H4725 of Sichem H7927 , unto H5704 the plain H436 of Moreh H4176 . And the Canaanite H3669 was then H227 in the land H776 .
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7. And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him.
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7. And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 unto H413 Abram H87 , and said H559 , Unto thy seed H2233 will I give H5414 H853 this H2063 land H776 : and there H8033 built H1129 he an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 , who appeared H7200 unto H413 him.
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8. And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
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8. And he removed H6275 from thence H4480 H8033 unto a mountain H2022 on the east H4480 H6924 of Bethel H1008 , and pitched H5186 his tent H168 , having Bethel H1008 on the west H4480 H3220 , and Hai H5857 on the east H4480 H6924 : and there H8033 he built H1129 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 , and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 .
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9. And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
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9. And Abram H87 journeyed H5265 , going on H1980 still H5265 toward the south H5045 .
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10. And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
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10. And there was H1961 a famine H7458 in the land H776 : and Abram H87 went down H3381 into Egypt H4714 to sojourn H1481 there H8033 ; for H3588 the famine H7458 was grievous H3515 in the land H776 .
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11. And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman.
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11. And it came to pass H1961 , when H834 he was come near H7126 to enter H935 into Egypt H4714 , that he said H559 unto H413 Sarai H8297 his wife H802 , Behold H2009 now H4994 , I know H3045 that H3588 thou H859 art a fair H3303 woman H802 to look upon H4758 :
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12. It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive.
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12. Therefore it shall come to pass H1961 , when H3588 the Egyptians H4713 shall see H7200 thee , that they shall say H559 , This H2063 is his wife H802 : and they will kill H2026 me , but they will save thee alive H2421 .
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13. Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.
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13. Say H559 , I pray thee H4994 , thou H859 art my sister H269 : that H4616 it may be well H3190 with me for thy sake H5668 ; and my soul H5315 shall live H2421 because of H1558 thee.
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14. And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—
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14. And it came to pass H1961 , that , when Abram H87 was come H935 into Egypt H4714 , the Egyptians H4713 beheld H7200 H853 the woman H802 that H3588 she H1931 was very H3966 fair H3303 .
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15. that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
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15. The princes H8269 also of Pharaoh H6547 saw H7200 her , and commended H1984 her before H413 Pharaoh H6547 : and the woman H802 was taken H3947 into Pharaoh H6547 's house H1004 .
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16. And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.
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16. And he entreated Abram well H3190 H87 for her sake H5668 : and he had H1961 sheep H6629 , and oxen H1241 , and he asses H2543 , and menservants H5650 , and maidservants H8198 , and she asses H860 , and camels H1581 .
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17. And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram’s wife.
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17. And the LORD H3068 plagued H5060 H853 Pharaoh H6547 and his house H1004 with great H1419 plagues H5061 because of H5921 H1697 Sarai H8297 Abram H87 's wife H802 .
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18. And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this thou hast done to me, that thou didst not tell me that she was thy wife?
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18. And Pharaoh H6547 called H7121 Abram H87 , and said H559 , What H4100 is this H2063 that thou hast done H6213 unto me? why H4100 didst thou not H3808 tell H5046 me that H3588 she H1931 was thy wife H802 ?
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19. Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away.
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19. Why H4100 saidst H559 thou, She H1931 is my sister H269 ? so I might have taken H3947 her to me to wife H802 : now therefore H6258 behold H2009 thy wife H802 , take H3947 her , and go thy way H1980 .
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20. And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had. Alex. +and Lot with him
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20. And Pharaoh H6547 commanded H6680 his men H376 concerning H5921 him : and they sent him away H7971 H853 , and his wife H802 , and all H3605 that H834 he had.
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