1 N ow 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.

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

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

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

3 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.”

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

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

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

5 A bram 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.

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

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

7 T hen 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.

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

8 T hen 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.

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 T hen Abram traveled on, still going toward the Negev.

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

10 N ow 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 W hen Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt saw that the woman was very beautiful.

فَلَمّا دَخَلَ أبْرامُ مِصْرَ، رَأى المِصْرِيُّونَ أنَّها جَمِيلَةٌ جِدّاً.

15 P haraoh’s rulers saw her and told Pharaoh of her beauty. So 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 Pharaoh acted well toward Abram because of Sarai. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, male and female donkeys, and camels, and men and women servants.

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

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

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

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

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

19 W hy 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.”

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

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

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