Gen 12 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now the Lord said to Abram , “ Go 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,

“Go from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
2 And ^bI will make you into a great nation,
And ^cI will bless you,
And make your name great;
And you shall ^dbe a blessing;
3 And ^eI will bless those who bless you,
And the one who ^{▼▼Or reviles}curses you I will ^{▼▼Or bind under a curse}curse.
^hAnd in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
4 So Abram went away as the Lord had spoken to him; and ⁱLot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their ^jpossessions which they had accumulated, and ^kthe ^{▼▼Lit souls}people which they had acquired in Haran, and they ^{▼▼Lit went forth to go to}set out for the land of Canaan; ⁿso they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of ^oShechem, to the ^{▼▼Or terebinth}oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. 7 And the Lord ^qappeared to Abram and said, “ ^rTo your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants I will give this land.” So he built ^tan 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 ^uBethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and ^vcalled upon the name of the Lord. 9 Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward ^wthe ^{▼▼I.e., South country}Negev.

10 Now there was ^ya famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was ^zsevere in the land. 11 It came about, when he ^{▼▼Lit came near to enter}was approaching Egypt, that he said to his wife Sarai, “See now, I know that you are a ^{▼▼Lit woman of beautiful appearance
,} ^acbeautiful woman; 12 ^adand 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 ^aemy sister so that it may go well for me because of you, and that ^{▼▼Lit my soul
,} ^agI may live on account of you.” 14 Now it came about, when Abram entered Egypt, that 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 ^aithe woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 Therefore ^ajhe treated Abram well for her sake; and ^{▼▼Lit there was to him
,} ^alhe gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

17 But the Lord ^amstruck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “ ^anWhat is this that 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 myself as a wife? Now then, ^{▼▼Or behold}here is your wife, take her and go!” 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they ^{▼▼Lit sent}escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.