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World English Bible

Genesis 12 (WEBP)

[1] Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.
[2] I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
[3] I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
[4] So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
[5] Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.
[6] Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites were in the land.
[7] Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
[8] He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on Yahweh’s name.
[9] Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.
[10] There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
[11] When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
[12] It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
[13] Please 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] When Abram had come into Egypt, some Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
[15] The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
[16] He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
[17] Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
[18] Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
[19] Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”
[20] Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.

Genesis 12:7 or, seed

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 12 (KJVS)

[1] Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get 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 shalt be a blessing:
[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.
[4] So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old 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 into the land of Canaan they came.
[6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
[7] And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
[8] And he removed from thence unto 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 builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
[9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
[10] And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
[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 fair 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 kill me, but they will save thee alive.
[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.
[14] And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
[15] The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
[16] And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had 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.
[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?
[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.

Genesis 12:9 Heb. in going and journeying

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 12 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () τῷ () Αβραμ Ἔξελθε () ἐκ () τῆς () γῆς () σου () καὶ () ἐκ () τῆς () συγγενείας () σου () καὶ () ἐκ () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () πατρός () σου () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἣν () ἄν () σοι () δείξω· ()
[2] καὶ () ποιήσω () σε () εἰς () ἔθνος () μέγα () καὶ () εὐλογήσω () σε () καὶ () μεγαλυνῶ () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου, () καὶ () ἔσῃ () εὐλογητός· ()
[3] καὶ () εὐλογήσω () τοὺς () εὐλογοῦντάς () σε, () καὶ () τοὺς () καταρωμένους () σε () καταράσομαι· () καὶ () ἐνευλογηθήσονται () ἐν () σοὶ () πᾶσαι () αἱ () φυλαὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () Αβραμ, καθάπερ () ἐλάλησεν () αὐτῷ () κύριος, () καὶ () ᾤχετο μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () Λωτ· () Αβραμ δὲ () ἦν () ἐτῶν () ἑβδομήκοντα () πέντε, () ὅτε () ἐξῆλθεν () ἐκ () Χαρραν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Αβραμ τὴν () Σαραν γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸν () Λωτ () υἱὸν () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ὑπάρχοντα () αὐτῶν, () ὅσα () ἐκτήσαντο, () καὶ () πᾶσαν () ψυχήν, () ἣν () ἐκτήσαντο () ἐν () Χαρραν, () καὶ () ἐξήλθοσαν () πορευθῆναι () εἰς () γῆν () Χανααν () καὶ () ἦλθον () εἰς () γῆν () Χανααν. () —
[6] καὶ () διώδευσεν () Αβραμ τὴν () γῆν () εἰς () τὸ () μῆκος () αὐτῆς () ἕως () τοῦ () τόπου () Συχεμ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () δρῦν τὴν () ὑψηλήν· () οἱ () δὲ () Χαναναῖοι () τότε () κατῴκουν () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[7] Καὶ () ὤφθη () κύριος () τῷ () Αβραμ καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Τῷ () σπέρματί () σου () δώσω () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην. () Καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἐκεῖ () Αβραμ θυσιαστήριον () κυρίῳ () τῷ () ὀφθέντι () αὐτῷ. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἀπέστη () ἐκεῖθεν () εἰς () τὸ () ὄρος () κατ’ () ἀνατολὰς () Βαιθηλ καὶ () ἔστησεν () ἐκεῖ () τὴν () σκηνὴν () αὐτοῦ, () Βαιθηλ κατὰ () θάλασσαν () καὶ () Αγγαι κατ’ () ἀνατολάς· () καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἐκεῖ () θυσιαστήριον () τῷ () κυρίῳ () καὶ () ἐπεκαλέσατο () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἀπῆρεν () Αβραμ καὶ () πορευθεὶς () ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λιμὸς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () κατέβη () Αβραμ εἰς () Αἴγυπτον () παροικῆσαι () ἐκεῖ, () ὅτι () ἐνίσχυσεν () ὁ () λιμὸς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[11] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () ἡνίκα () ἤγγισεν () Αβραμ εἰσελθεῖν () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον, () εἶπεν () Αβραμ Σαρα τῇ () γυναικὶ () αὐτοῦ () Γινώσκω () ἐγὼ () ὅτι () γυνὴ () εὐπρόσωπος εἶ· ()
[12] ἔσται () οὖν () ὡς () ἂν () ἴδωσίν () σε () οἱ () Αἰγύπτιοι, () ἐροῦσιν () ὅτι () Γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () αὕτη, () καὶ () ἀποκτενοῦσίν () με, () σὲ () δὲ () περιποιήσονται. ()
[13] Εἰπὸν () οὖν () ὅτι () Ἀδελφὴ () αὐτοῦ () εἰμι, () ὅπως () ἂν () εὖ () μοι () γένηται () διὰ () σέ, () καὶ () ζήσεται () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () ἕνεκεν () σοῦ. ()
[14] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () ἡνίκα () εἰσῆλθεν () Αβραμ εἰς () Αἴγυπτον, () ἰδόντες () οἱ () Αἰγύπτιοι () τὴν () γυναῖκα () ὅτι () καλὴ ἦν () σφόδρα, ()
[15] καὶ () εἶδον () αὐτὴν () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () Φαραω () καὶ () ἐπῄνεσαν () αὐτὴν () πρὸς () Φαραω () καὶ () εἰσήγαγον () αὐτὴν () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () Φαραω· ()
[16] καὶ () τῷ () Αβραμ εὖ () ἐχρήσαντο () δι’ () αὐτήν, () καὶ () ἐγένοντο () αὐτῷ () πρόβατα () καὶ () μόσχοι () καὶ () ὄνοι, () παῖδες () καὶ () παιδίσκαι, () ἡμίονοι καὶ () κάμηλοι. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἤτασεν ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () Φαραω () ἐτασμοῖς μεγάλοις () καὶ () πονηροῖς () καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ () περὶ () Σαρας τῆς () γυναικὸς () Αβραμ.
[18] Καλέσας () δὲ () Φαραω () τὸν () Αβραμ εἶπεν () Τί () τοῦτο () ἐποίησάς () μοι, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἀπήγγειλάς () μοι () ὅτι () γυνή () σού () ἐστιν; ()
[19] Ἵνα () τί () εἶπας () ὅτι () Ἀδελφή () μού () ἐστιν; () Καὶ () ἔλαβον () αὐτὴν () ἐμαυτῷ () εἰς () γυναῖκα. () Καὶ () νῦν () ἰδοὺ () ἡ () γυνή () σου () ἐναντίον () σου· () λαβὼν () ἀπότρεχε.
[20] Καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () Φαραω () ἀνδράσιν () περὶ () Αβραμ συμπροπέμψαι αὐτὸν () καὶ () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἦν () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () Λωτ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.