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:

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.

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:

And I will make you a great nation. I will bring good to you. I will make your name great, so you will be honored.

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.

I will bring good to those who are good to you. And I will curse those who curse you. Good will come to all the families of the earth because of you.”

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.

So Abram left as the Lord told him to do, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

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.

Abram took his wife Sarai, and his brother’s son Lot, and all the things they had gathered, and the people who joined them in Haran. And they left to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

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.

Abram passed through the land as far as the oak of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanite people were living in the land at that time.

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.

Then the Lord showed Himself to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your children and to your children’s children.” So Abram built an altar there to the Lord Who had shown Himself to him.

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.

Then he went from there to the mountain east of Bethel. He put up his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

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

Then Abram traveled on, still going toward the Negev.

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.

Now there was no food in the land. So Abram went south to Egypt to stay there, because it was very hard to live in the land with no food.

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:

When he was about to go into Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “I know that you are a beautiful woman.

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.

When the men of Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they will kill me, but they will let you live.

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.

Say that you are my sister. Then it may go well with me because of you. And because of you they will not kill me.”

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

When Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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

Pharaoh’s rulers saw her and told Pharaoh of her beauty. So the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

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.

And Pharaoh acted well toward Abram because of Sarai. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, male and female donkeys, and camels, and men and women servants.

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

But the Lord sent much sickness upon Pharaoh and his house because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

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?

Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

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.

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife.’ Take her and go.”

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

And Pharaoh told his men what to do with Abram. They led him away with his wife and all that belonged to him.