1 N ow the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself away from your country, from your relatives and your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.

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 you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will 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 those who bless you and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred 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 directed him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left 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 bram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the persons that they had acquired in Haran, and they went forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

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 bram passed through the land to the locality of Shechem, to the oak or terebinth tree 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 T hen the Lord appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your posterity. So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, Who had appeared to 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 F rom there he pulled up and departed to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to 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 bram journeyed on, still going toward the South (the Negeb).

Then Abram traveled on, still going toward the Negev.

10 N ow there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive (intense and grievous).

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 when he was about to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, I know that you are beautiful to behold.

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

12 S o when the Egyptians see you, they will say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

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 beg of you, that you are my sister, so that it may go well with me for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.

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 when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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

15 T he princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh, and she 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 treated Abram well for her sake; he acquired sheep, oxen, he-donkeys, menservants, maidservants, she-donkeys, 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 B ut the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his household with serious 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 you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your 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 did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her and get away!

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 brought him on his way with 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.