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Genesis 12

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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 :
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 .
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 :
And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing .
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 .
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 . '
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 .
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 .
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 .
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.
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem , unto the plain of Moreh . And the Canaanite was then in the land.
And Abram passeth over into the land , unto the place Shechem , unto the oak of Moreh ; and the Canaanite `is' then in the land.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
And Abram journeyed , going on still toward the south.
And Abram journeyeth , going on and journeying towards the south.
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 .
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 ;
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:
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;
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 .
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 :
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.
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 . '
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair .
And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she `is' exceeding fair ;
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh : and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house .
and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh , and the woman is taken `to' Pharaoh's house ;
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.
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.
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai , Abram's wife.
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?
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?
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 .
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. '
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him : and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had .
And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him , and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath .

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