12Genesis 12

1Now 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 shew thee:Select Genesis 12:1

2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:Select Genesis 12:2

3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.Select Genesis 12:3

4So 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.Select Genesis 12:4

5And 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.Select Genesis 12:5

6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.Select Genesis 12:6

7And 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.Select Genesis 12:7

8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el 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.Select Genesis 12:8

9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.Select Genesis 12:9

10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.Select Genesis 12:10

11And 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:Select Genesis 12:11

12Therefore 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.Select Genesis 12:12

13Say, 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.Select Genesis 12:13

14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.Select Genesis 12:14

15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.Select Genesis 12:15

16And 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.Select Genesis 12:16

17And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.Select Genesis 12:17

18And 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?Select Genesis 12:18

19Why 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.Select Genesis 12:19

20And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.Select Genesis 12:20