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.

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

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.

And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

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.”

And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

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.

And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.

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.

And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.

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.

And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite then in the land.

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.

And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.

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.

And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.

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

And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.

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.

And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine grievous in the land;

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

and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou a woman of beautiful appearance;

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.

and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, `This his wife,' and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:

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.”

say, I pray thee, thou my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'

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

And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she exceeding fair;

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

and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken Pharaoh's house;

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.

and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.

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

And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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?

And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she thy wife?

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.”

Why hast thou said, She my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'

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.

And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.