Genesis 12

Genesis 12:1

Then the LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your kindred, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you.

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Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

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Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

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Genesis 12:4

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

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Genesis 12:5

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

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Canaan So called from Canaan the son of Ham , lies between the Mediterranean sea on the west , the wilderness of Paran , Idumea , and Egypt on the south , the mountains of Arabia on the east , and the mountains of Lebanon and Phoenicia on the north. Its length , from Dan to Beersheba , is about 200 miles , and its breadth , from the Mediterranean sea to its eastern borders , about 90.

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

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plain The word rendered "plain" should be rendered "oak ," or according to Celsius , the "turpentine-tree."

Genesis 12:7

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Genesis 12:8

From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

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Genesis 12:9

And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

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Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

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Genesis 12:11

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

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Genesis 12:12

and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.

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Genesis 12:13

Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared."

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Genesis 12:14

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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Genesis 12:15

When Pharaoh's officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

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Genesis 12:16

He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

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Genesis 12:17

The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.

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Genesis 12:18

So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?

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Genesis 12:19

Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"

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Genesis 12:20

Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.

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