(KJV) Genesis 12¹

⥃The Call of Abram ^{[ Genesis 26:1–5 † Acts 7:1–8 ]}

[1] Now the Lord had² said unto Abram, Get³ 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 shalt⁴ be a blessing:⁵ [3] And I⁶ will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee⁷ shall all families of the earth be blessed. [4] So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot⁸ went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out⁹ 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 souls¹⁰ that they had gotten in¹¹ Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into¹² the land of Canaan¹³ they came.

[6] And Abram passed¹⁴ through the land unto the place of Sichem¹⁵, unto the plain¹⁶ of Moreh¹⁷. And the Canaanite¹⁸ [was] then in the land. [7] And the Lord appeared¹⁹ unto Abram, and said, Unto thy²⁰ seed will I give this land: and there builded²¹ he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. [8] And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el²², and pitched his tent, [having] Beth–el on the west, and Hai²³ on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called²⁴ upon the name of the Lord. [9] And Abram journeyed, going on still²⁵ toward the south.

⥃Abram and Sarai in Egypt

[10] And there was a²⁶ famine in the land: and Abram went²⁷ down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.²⁸ [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 fair²⁹ 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 kill³⁰ me, but they will save thee alive. [13] Say³¹, I pray thee, thou³² [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and³³ my soul shall live because of thee.

[14] And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld³⁴ the woman that she [was] very fair. [15] The princes³⁵ also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken³⁶ into Pharaoh’s house. [16] And he³⁷ entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had³⁸ 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.³⁹ [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?⁴⁰ [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. ⁴¹