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Chapter 12
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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 show thee: |
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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: |
3
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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. |
4
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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. |
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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. |
6
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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem,
unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in
the land. |
7
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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. |
8
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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. |
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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. |
10
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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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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
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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
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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. |
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And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt,
the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. |
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The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her
before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's
house. |
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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
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And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great
plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. |
18
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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? |
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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. |
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And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they
sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. |
