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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, 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 Bethel , and pitched () his tent , [having] Bethel 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.

Young’s Literal Translation

Genesis 12 (YLT)

[1] And Jehovah saith unto Abram, ‘Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.
[2] And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
[3] And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.’
[4] And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram is a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.
[5] And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.
[6] And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite is then in the land.
[7] And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, ‘To thy seed I give this land;’ and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.
[8] And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.
[9] And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
[10] And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine is grievous in the land;
[11] and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, ‘Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou art a woman of beautiful appearance;
[12] and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, ‘This is his wife,’ and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:
[13] say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.’
[14] And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she is exceeding fair;
[15] and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken to Pharaoh’s house;
[16] and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.
[17] And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house-great plagues-for the matter of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
[18] And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, ‘What is this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she is thy wife?
[19] Why hast thou said, She is my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.’
[20] And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.