 1 The Lord said to Abram, Go out of your country and from your kindred and from your father's house into a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great. And you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4 Abram departed, even as the Lord had spoken to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran. 5 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 gained in Haran. They went forth to go into the land of Canaan and finally came into that land. 6 Abram passed through the land to Shechem in the Oak of Moreh and the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land for your descendants. So Abram built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. 8 He moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent with Bethel toward the sea and Hai on the east. He built an altar there to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 Abram traveled on and pulled up stakes toward the south. 10 There was a famine in the land so Abram went down into Egypt to stay there, for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 When he had come near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, This is his wife and they will kill me but they will save you alive. 13 Therefore, I ask you to say that you are my sister so that it may be well with me for your sake and my soul will live because of you. 14 When Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her before Pharaoh and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, donkeys, male servants, maid servants, and camels. 17 The Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she is your wife? 19 Why did you say, She is my sister? I was about to take her as my wife. Now therefore behold your wife. Take her and go. 20 Pharaoh commanded men concerning him and they sent him away and his wife and all that he had.
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