[1] Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your
family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your
guide: [2] And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making
your name great; and you will be a blessing: [3] To them who are good to
you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my
curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the
earth. [4] So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with
him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran. [5] And
Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods
and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to
the land of Canaan. [6] And Abram went through the land till he came to
Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still
living in the land. [7] And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give
all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who
had let himself be seen by him. [8] And moving on from there to the
mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the
west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the
name of the Lord. [9] And he went on, journeying still to the South. [10]
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into
Egypt. [11] Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife,
Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye; [12] And I am certain
that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and
they will put me to death and keep you. [13] Say, then, that you are my
sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be
kept safe on your account. [14] And so it was that when Abram came into
Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair. [15]
And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to
Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house. [16] And because of her,
he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants
and women-servants, and camels. [17] And the Lord sent great troubles on
Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife. [18] Then Pharaoh sent for
Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was
your wife? [19] Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took
her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way. [20] And Pharaoh
gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all
he had.
