1 N ow 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:

وَقالَ اللهُ لِأبْرامَ: «اتْرُكْ بَلَدَكَ وَشَعبَكَ وَعائِلَةَ أبِيكَ، وَاذْهَبْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَأُرِيها أنا لَكَ.

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

وَأنا سَأجْعَلُ مِنْ نَسلِكَ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً. وَسَأُبارِكُكَ، وَسَأجْعَلُ لَكَ اسْماً شَهِيراً، فَتَكُونَ بَرَكَةً لِلآخَرِينَ.

3 a nd I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

سَأُبارِكُ مَنْ يُبارِكُونَكَ، وَسَألْعَنُ مَنْ يَحتَقِرُونَكَ. وَبِكَ تَتَبارَكُ كُلُّ عَشَائِرِ الأرْضِ.» أبْرامُ يذهبُ إلَى كَنْعان

4 S o 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.

فَذَهَبَ أبْرامُ كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ. وَرافَقَهُ لُوطُ. وَكانَ أبْرامُ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالسَّبْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَرَكَ حارانَ.

5 A nd 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.

وَأخَذَ أبْرامُ مَعَهُ زَوْجَتَهُ سارايَ وَابْنَ أخِيهِ لُوطَ، وَكُلَّ المُقْتَنَياتِ الَّتِي جَمَعُوها. كَما أخَذَ مَعَهُ كُلَّ خَدَمِهِمْ فِي حارانَ، وَغادَرُوا المَكانَ إلَى أرْضِ كَنْعانَ. فَوَصَلُوا إلَى أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.

6 A nd Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

وَاجتازَ أبْرامُ عَبْرَ الأرْضِ حَتَّى وَصَلَ إلَى شَكِيمَ، أوْ بَلُّوطَةِ مُورَةَ. وَكانَ الكَنْعانِيُّونَ يَسْكُنُونَ تِلْكَ الأرْضَ فِي ذَلِكَ الحِينِ.

7 A nd 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.

وَظَهَرَ اللهُ لِأبْرامَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «سَأُعطِي هَذِهِ الأرْضَ لِنَسلِكَ.» فَبَنَى أبْرامُ هُناكَ مَذْبَحاً للهِ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ لَهُ.

8 A nd 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.

ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَ أبْرامُ مِنْ هُناكَ إلَى الجِبالِ شَرْقِيِّ بَيتَ إيلَ. وَنَصَبَ هُناكَ خَيمَتَهُ. وَكانَتْ بَيتُ إيلَ إلَى الغَرْبِ، وَعايُ إلَى الشَّرْقِ. فَبَنَى أبْرامُ هُناكَ مَذْبَحاً للهِ ، وَصَلَّى بِاسمِ اللهَ.

9 A nd Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ أبْرامُ عَلَى مَراحِلَ نَحْوَ صَحْراءِ النَّقَبِ. أبْرامُ في مِصْر

10 A nd there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

ثُمَّ حَدَثْتْ مَجاعَةٌ فِي الأرْضِ. فَنَزَلَ أبْرامُ إلَى مِصْرَ لِيَسْكُنَ هُناكَ بَعْضَ الوَقْتِ، لأنَّ المَجاعَةَ كانَتْ شَدِيدَةً فِي البِلادِ.

11 A nd 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:

وَقُبَيلَ دُخُولِ أبْرامَ إلَى مِصْرَ، قالَ لِزَوْجَتِهِ سارايَ: «اسْمَعِي، أنا أعلَمُ أنَّكِ امْرأةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ.

12 t herefore 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.

فَحِينَ يَراكِ المِصْرِيُّونَ سَيَقُولُونَ: ‹هَذِهِ المَرأةُ هِيَ زَوْجَتُهُ، فَيَقْتُلُونَنِي، وَيُبْقُونَ عَلَى حَياتِكِ.

13 S ay, 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.

قُولِي إنَّكِ أُخْتِي، فَيُعامِلُونِي مُعامَلَةً حَسَنَةً بِسَبَبِكِ، وَأنْجُ مِنَ المَوْتِ بِفَضلِكِ.›»

14 A nd it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

فَلَمّا دَخَلَ أبْرامُ مِصْرَ، رَأى المِصْرِيُّونَ أنَّها جَمِيلَةٌ جِدّاً.

15 T he princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

وَعِنْدَما رَآها بَعْضُ المَسْؤُولِينَ لَدَى فِرعَوْنَ، أخْبَرُوهُ عَنْ مَدَى جَمالِها. فَأمَرَ فِرعَوْنُ بِإحضارِها إلَى بَيتِهِ.

16 A nd 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.

وَأحْسَنَ فِرعَوْنُ مُعامَلَةَ أبْرامَ بِسَبَبِها. إذْ أعطاهُ غَنَماً وَبَقَراً وَحَمِيراً وَأُتُناً وَجِمالاً، وَخَدَماً وَخادِماتٍ.

17 A nd the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ ضَرَبَ فِرعَوْنَ وَأهلَ بَيتِهِ بِأمْراضٍ شَدِيدَةٍ بَسَبَبِ سارايَ، زَوْجَةِ أبْرامَ.

18 A nd 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?

فَاسْتَدْعَى فِرعَوْنُ أبْرامَ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «ما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلْتَهُ لِماذا لَمْ تَقُلْ إنَّها زَوْجَتُكَ؟

19 W hy 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.

لِماذا قُلْتَ إنَّها أُخْتُكَ، فَأخَذْتُها أنا لِتَكُونَ لِي زَوْجَةً؟ ها هِيَ زَوْجَتُكَ. خُذْها وَانصَرِفْ!»

20 A nd Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

وَأمَرَ فِرعَوْنُ رِجالَهُ بِحِمايَةِ أبْرامَ، فَرافَقُوهُ فِي طَرِيقِهِ مَعَ زَوْجَتِهِ وَكُلِّ ما كانَ لَدَيهِ.