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Genesis

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 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 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 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. 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. 6 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 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 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. 9 And Abram jour­neyed, go­ing on still to­ward the south. 10 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. 11 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 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 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. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyp­tians be­held the wom­an that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and com­mend­ed her be­fore Pharaoh: and the wom­an was tak­en into Pharaoh's house. 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. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues be­cause of Sarai Abram's wife. 18 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? 19 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. 20 And Pharaoh com­mand­ed his men con­cern­ing him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.