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

Now 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.

2 و َأنا سَأجْعَلُ مِنْ نَسلِكَ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً. وَسَأُبارِكُكَ، وَسَأجْعَلُ لَكَ اسْماً شَهِيراً، فَتَكُونَ بَرَكَةً لِلآخَرِينَ.

And 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.

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

And 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.

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

So Abram departed, as the Lord had directed him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

5 و َأخَذَ 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.

Abram 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,

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

Abram 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.

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

Then 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.

8 ث ُمَّ 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.

From 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.

9 ث ُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ أبْرامُ عَلَى مَراحِلَ نَحْوَ صَحْراءِ النَّقَبِ. أبْرامُ في مِصْر

Abram journeyed on, still going toward the South (the Negeb).

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

Now 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).

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

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

12 ف َحِينَ يَراكِ المِصْرِيُّونَ سَيَقُولُونَ: ‹هَذِهِ المَرأةُ هِيَ زَوْجَتُهُ، فَيَقْتُلُونَنِي، وَيُبْقُونَ عَلَى حَياتِكِ.

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

13 ق ُولِي إنَّكِ أُخْتِي، فَيُعامِلُونِي مُعامَلَةً حَسَنَةً بِسَبَبِكِ، وَأنْجُ مِنَ المَوْتِ بِفَضلِكِ.›»

Say, 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.

14 ف َلَمّا دَخَلَ أبْرامُ مِصْرَ، رَأى المِصْرِيُّونَ أنَّها جَمِيلَةٌ جِدّاً.

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

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

The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

16 و َأحْسَنَ فِرعَوْنُ مُعامَلَةَ أبْرامَ بِسَبَبِها. إذْ أعطاهُ غَنَماً وَبَقَراً وَحَمِيراً وَأُتُناً وَجِمالاً، وَخَدَماً وَخادِماتٍ.

And he treated Abram well for her sake; he acquired sheep, oxen, he-donkeys, menservants, maidservants, she-donkeys, and camels.

17 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ ضَرَبَ فِرعَوْنَ وَأهلَ بَيتِهِ بِأمْراضٍ شَدِيدَةٍ بَسَبَبِ سارايَ، زَوْجَةِ أبْرامَ.

But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his household with serious plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

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

And 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?

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

Why 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!

20 و َأمَرَ فِرعَوْنُ رِجالَهُ بِحِمايَةِ أبْرامَ، فَرافَقُوهُ فِي طَرِيقِهِ مَعَ زَوْجَتِهِ وَكُلِّ ما كانَ لَدَيهِ.

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they brought him on his way with his wife and all that he had.