¶ Now the LORD had¹ said unto Abram, Get² thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

³And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt⁴ be a blessing:

And I⁵ will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee⁶ shall all families of the earth be blessed.

¶ So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot⁷ went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out⁸ of Haran.

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls⁹ that they had gotten in¹⁰ Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into¹¹ the land of Canaan¹² they came.

¶ And Abram passed¹³ through the land unto the place of Sichem¹⁴, unto the plain of Moreh¹⁵. And the Canaanite¹⁶ was then in the land.

And the LORD appeared¹⁷ unto Abram, and said, Unto thy¹⁸ seed will I give this land: and there builded¹⁹ he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel²⁰, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai²¹ on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

And Abram journeyed, going on still²² toward the south.

¶ And there was a²³ famine in the land: and Abram went²⁴ down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

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 fair²⁵ woman to look upon:

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill²⁶ me, but they will save thee alive.

Say²⁷, I pray thee, thou²⁸ art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and²⁹ my soul shall live because of thee.

¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld³⁰ the woman that she was very fair.

The princes³¹ also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken³² into Pharaoh's house.

And he³³ entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had³⁴ sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

And the LORD plagued³⁵ Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done³⁶ unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

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.

¶ And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away³⁷, and his wife, and all that he had.