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Chapter 12 | |
1 | Now 
the LORD had said unto 1Abram, 2Get thee out of thy country, and from thy 
kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:
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2 | And I will make of thee a 
great 1nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be 
a blessing:
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3 | And I will 
bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and 
1in thee shall
all families of the earth be 2blessed.
 
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4 | So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and 1Lot went 
with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of
Haran.
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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. 
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6 | And Abram passed through the 
land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of 1Moreh. And the Canaanite was
then in the land.
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7 | And 
the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, 1Unto thy seed will I give this land: 
and there builded he an 2altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
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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 1famine in the 
land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was 
grievous in the land.
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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 1fair woman to look
upon:
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12 | Therefore it 
shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, 
This is his wife: and they will 1kill me, but they will save thee alive.
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13 | Say, I pray thee, thou 
art my 1sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live 
because of thee.
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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 
1sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she 
asses, and camels.
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And the LORD 1plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai 
Abram's wife.
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18 | And 
Pharaoh called Abram and said, 1What is this that thou hast done unto me? why 
didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
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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.  | 
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