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Now the
Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy
father's house, unto a land that I will shew
thee:
02 And I will make of thee a great nation,
and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;
and thou shalt be a blessing:
03 And I will bless them that bless thee,
and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee
shall all families of the earth be blessed.
04 So Abram departed, as the Lord had
spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram
was seventy and five years old when he departed
out of Haran.
05 And 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
gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into
the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan
they came.
06 And Abram passed through the land unto
the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And
the Canaanite was then in the land.
07 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and
said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and
there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who
appeared unto him.
08 And he removed from thence unto a
mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his
tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the
east: and there he builded an altar unto the
Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
09 And Abram journeyed, going on still
toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and
Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for
the famine was grievous in the land.
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11 And it came to pass, when he was come
near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai
his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair
woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when
the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall
say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but
they will save thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister:
that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my
soul shall live because of thee.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram
was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the
woman that she was very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and
commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was
taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her
sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses,
and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses,
and camels.
17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his
house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's
wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What
is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst
thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I
might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore
behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning
him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and
all that he had.
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