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