JST Genesis 12

CHAPTER 12

1 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:

2 2–3 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; and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him them that curseth curse thee; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

3 4 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.

4 5 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.

5 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto and the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite Canaanites was were then in the land.

6 7 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.

7 8–9 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having leaving Beth-el on the west, and Hai was on the east. And there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

8 10 And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was became grievous in the land.

9 11–13 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 thee to be a fair woman to look upon; 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; say I pray thee unto them, thou I art am my his sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

10 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

11 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended commanded her to be brought before Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

12 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.

13 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

14 18–19 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that hast thou hast done unto me in this thing? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to unto me to wife; now therefore, behold I say unto thee, Take thy wife take her and go thy way.

15 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.