Gen 12 | NASB1995 | STEP | Now the Lord said to Abram , “ Go forth from your country , And from your relatives And from your father’s house , To the land which I will show you;

Genesis 12

Abram Journeys to Egypt

1 Now ^athe Lord said to Abram, ^{▼▼ Lit Go for yourself}“Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
2 And ^cI will make you a great nation,
And ^dI will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so ^{▼▼ Lit be a blessing
,} ^fyou shall be a blessing;
3 And ^gI will bless those who bless you,
And the one who ^{▼▼ Or reviles}curses you I will ^{▼▼ Or bind under a curse}curse.
^jAnd in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

4 So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and ^kLot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their ^lpossessions which they had accumulated, and ^mthe ^{▼▼ Lit souls}persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they ^{▼▼ Lit went forth to go to}set out for the land of Canaan; ^pthus they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of ^qShechem, to the ^{▼▼ Or terebinth}oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 The Lord ^sappeared to Abram and said, ^t“To your ^{▼▼ Lit seed}descendants I will give this land.” So he built ^van altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. 8 Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with ^wBethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and ^xcalled upon the name of the Lord. 9 Abram journeyed on, continuing toward ^ythe ^{▼▼ I.e. South country}Negev.

10 Now there was ^aaa famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was ^absevere in the land. 11 It came about when he ^{▼▼ Lit drew near to enter}came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a ^{▼▼ Lit woman of beautiful appearance
,} ^aebeautiful woman; 12 ^afand when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 “Please say that you are ^agmy sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that ^{▼▼ Lit my soul
,} ^aiI may live on account of you.” 14 It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians ^{▼▼ Lit saw the woman that she was}saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and ^akthe woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 Therefore ^alhe treated Abram well for her sake; and ^{▼▼ Lit he had
,} ^angave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.

17 But the Lord ^aostruck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, ^ap“What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 “Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, ^{▼▼ Or behold}here is your wife, take her and go.” 20 Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they ^{▼▼ Lit sent}escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.