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Genesis 12 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

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Abram Journeys to Egypt

(Act 7:2–5 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - Now the LORD had said to Abram, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to a land that I will show thee:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:2 - 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed from Haran.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - 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 to go forth into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To thy seed will I give this land: and there he erected an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - And he removed from thence to a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he erected an altar to the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - And Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - And it came to pass, when he had come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:12 - Therefore it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And it came to pass, that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:15 - The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - And the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done to me? why didst thou not tell me that she is thy wife?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me for a wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:20 - And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
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