MLV(i)
1 Now Jehovah said to Abram, Go out of your country and from your kindred and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
2 And I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great and you will be a blessing.
3 And I will bless those who bless you and he who curses you I will curse. And all the families of the earth will be blessed in you.
4 So Abram went as Jehovah had spoken to him and Lot went with him. And Abram was a son of seventy-five years 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 they came into the land of Canaan. 6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was in the land then.
7 And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your seed. And there he built an altar to Jehovah, who appeared to him. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to Jehovah and called upon the name of Jehovah. 9 And Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
10 And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to journey there, because the famine was severe in the land. 11 And it happened, when he came near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold, I beseech you, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon. 12 And it will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 I beseech you, say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake and that my soul may live because of you.
14 And it happened, that, when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her and praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and male-donkeys and men-servants and maid-servants and female-donkeys and camels.
17 And Jehovah struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she is your wife? 19 Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore behold your wife. Take her and go your way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him. And they brought him on the way and his wife and all that he had.
4 So Abram went as Jehovah had spoken to him and Lot went with him. And Abram was a son of seventy-five years 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 they came into the land of Canaan. 6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was in the land then.
7 And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your seed. And there he built an altar to Jehovah, who appeared to him. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to Jehovah and called upon the name of Jehovah. 9 And Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
10 And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to journey there, because the famine was severe in the land. 11 And it happened, when he came near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold, I beseech you, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon. 12 And it will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 I beseech you, say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake and that my soul may live because of you.
14 And it happened, that, when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her and praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and male-donkeys and men-servants and maid-servants and female-donkeys and camels.
17 And Jehovah struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she is your wife? 19 Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore behold your wife. Take her and go your way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him. And they brought him on the way and his wife and all that he had.