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Genesis 12

20 verses · King James Version

  1. 1Now 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:Compare translations of Genesis 12:1
  2. 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:Compare translations of Genesis 12:2
  3. 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.Compare translations of Genesis 12:3
  4. 4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.Compare translations of Genesis 12:4
  5. 5And 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.Compare translations of Genesis 12:5
  6. 6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite then in the land.Compare translations of Genesis 12:6
  7. 7And 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.Compare translations of Genesis 12:7
  8. 8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, 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.Compare translations of Genesis 12:8
  9. 9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.Compare translations of Genesis 12:9
  10. 10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine grievous in the land.Compare translations of Genesis 12:10
  11. 11And 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 a fair woman to look upon:Compare translations of Genesis 12:11
  12. 12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.Compare translations of Genesis 12:12
  13. 13Say, I pray thee, thou my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.Compare translations of Genesis 12:13
  14. 14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she very fair.Compare translations of Genesis 12:14
  15. 15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.Compare translations of Genesis 12:15
  16. 16And 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.Compare translations of Genesis 12:16
  17. 17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.Compare translations of Genesis 12:17
  18. 18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What this thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she thy wife?Compare translations of Genesis 12:18
  19. 19Why saidst thou, She my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take and go thy way.Compare translations of Genesis 12:19
  20. 20And Pharaoh commanded men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.Compare translations of Genesis 12:20