Gênesis 12

¹ Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and out of thy birthplace, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show 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 those that bless thee, and him that curseth thee, will I curse; 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 at his departure out of Charan.

⁵ And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had acquired, and the persons that they had obtained in Charan; 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 unto the place of Shechem, 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 he built there an altar unto the Lord, who had appeared unto him.

⁸ And he removed from there unto the mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and ‘Ai on the east; and he built there an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

⁹ And Abram journeyed farther, still going on toward the south.

¹⁰ And there arose 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 woman of handsome appearance:

¹² And it may come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife; and they may kill me, but thee they will save alive.

¹³ Say then, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may go well with me for thy sake, and my soul live because of thee.

¹⁴ And it came to pass, when Abram was come into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

¹⁵ The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

¹⁶ And he did well to Abram for her sake; and he received sheep, and oxen, and he–asses, and men–servants, and maid–servants, and she–asses, and camels.

¹⁷ But 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 thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she is thy wife?

¹⁹ Why saidst thou, She is my sister? and so I took her to me for a wife; now, therefore, behold, here is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

²⁰ And Pharaoh commanded some men concerning him, who accompanied him and his wife, and all that he had.